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- 151 Tales of the Uncanny in Jiangnan 江南诡事录 I was born in an old town in Jiangnan, and from childhood I loved hanging around beneath the eaves of the old teahouse. I would listen as Zhou the Blind sipped his strong tea and spun yarn after yarn, recounting the strange tales he had heard over most of his life. Half of what this book records came from the stories passed by word of mouth beneath the teahouse storyteller’s gavel; the other half came from what I saw and heard as I grew up wandering the streets and alleys of Jiangnan. Now the te 13Reads—Score314d adds
- 152 My Hopeless Life Became Even More Desperate 我无望的人生更加绝望 After something happened to her family, Mu Xia could never move on from that day. She went through life in a daze. Until one day, she accidentally entered a world of horror. And so began a fantastical journey. She made new friends, faced all kinds of events, and lived a new life. 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 153 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The Gu Master 蛊人 I became a gu person at the age of seven… I was the only one of nine children to survive. The other eight died with blood pouring from their seven orifices as countless worms burrowed into their hearts… The most mysterious gu magic! The strangest stories! Find them all in this novel! 287Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 155 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... 376Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 156 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我，后来只想升官 I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 33Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 157 A Guide to Raising an Evil God 邪神养成指南 The professor is passionately lecturing in class when, in the next moment, the floor caves in and black water floods the classroom. When she opens her eyes again, everything in the classroom is as it was. A ring of purplish bruises has appeared around her wrist. One campus ghost story after another begins to surface: A baby crying by the lake at midnight, bruises crawling across her roommate's body, and a pregnant senior student mysteriously falling to her death. Is it all coincidence, or reveng —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 The Omnicompetent Demon Catcher 全能捉妖师 [Urban Fantasy + Superpowers + System] In a world where demon hunters reign supreme, ability is the best proof of one's worth. But he's just a rookie with barely any spiritual power. Then one day, he gets the most powerful spiritual energy absorption System! You cultivate your way, and I'll absorb spiritual energy to cultivate. From that day on, he begins his rise from the bottom. The strongest demon hunter: who can stand against him? 23Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 159 Route 14 Night Bus 14路夜班公交车 My name is Li Long. For triple pay, I took the night shift on Bus Route 14, the one everyone else avoids. It starts at the old depot in the west of the city and ends at the back gate of the crematorium. Departure time: exactly eleven at night. The passengers have no body heat, no breath, and no faces. They are the souls of those who drowned in the river three years ago. A chilling aura hangs over the route, ghosts follow in its wake, and every stop hides a curse that claims lives. Three rules ar 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 160 The Corpse of a Mountain Village Woman 山村女尸 [Feel-Good Read + Urban + Suspense + Supernatural] He Xi is an ordinary security guard. One day, the west gate of Chaoxi Psychiatric Hospital desperately needs a guard. The pay is 30,000 yuan a month, but nobody dares take the job! Nobody else dares, but He Xi does! Only after arriving does he realize something is wrong. The west gate isn’t meant for people to pass through at all. It’s a gate for ghosts! 7.7kReads7.7Score35314d adds
- 161 Born the Ghost King, I Subdue Ten Thousand Evil Spirits 鬼王命，镇万煞 I was born destined for wealth, good fortune, and a long life, but someone stole my fate, and I nearly died when a horde of ghosts surrounded me. The villains who swapped our fates never imagined that they would be the ones to lead me back to the Ghost King’s destiny... [Horror, talismans, feng shui, curses, folk customs] Ghosts demand lives on a rainy night; a painted-skin demon returns; a devil’s sacrifice; a snake woman in a mountain village; a cursed guesthouse; blood crows snatch souls; a m 9.8kReads8.9Score63514d adds
- 162 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
- 163 I Went to Pay Respects at Grandpa's Grave, and Somehow Angered Him Back to Life? 给爷爷上坟，把爷爷气出来了？ [Supernatural + comedy + fantasy. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental!] “Grandpa, help me earn enough to buy a house, and I’ll send you a whole hall of maids. Grandpa, bless me so I can buy a BMW, and I’ll make your home even more luxurious. Grandpa, bring me good fortune, and I promise you’ll have plenty of gold ingots to spend. Grandpa, bless me so I win the jackpot, and I’ll set off a hundred thousand firecrackers for you!” “Good grandson, 407Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 164 The King of Face Reading 观相之王 This novel is complex and brainy, not a lightweight read. If that’s not your thing, don’t read it. Ensemble cast + mind games + the supernatural + climbing the ranks and getting rich + foretelling good and bad fortune + solving mysteries through face reading and divination. “I’d like to ask about my health using the character ‘six.’” “Certainly. The character ‘six’ looks like a person dismembered into several pieces, with the head separated from the body.” Why are some people blessed with endle 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Incense Beneath the Waters 沉水引香 At Sinking Fragrance Pavilion, on an old street in Jiangnan, Su Shenshui uses incense to guide those burdened by obsession. Fragrant powders, balms, and sachets all contain spiritual power, and must be exchanged for memories, years of life, talent, or other prices. Visitors seek to return home, gain fame, reunite with loved ones, atone for their sins, find protection, or make up for past regrets. Drawn in and struck back by the fragrances, they come to see the human heart, understand their obses 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 White Terror 白色恐怖 [Wildly Imaginative Twists] + [Extensive Foreshadowing] + [Social Unrest] + [Mystery and the Supernatural] The campus, bustling by day, is eerily quiet at night... A group of girls playing with a spirit board in their dormitory happen upon the body of a woman who fell to her death. Rumors spread that a ghost is responsible. Then another girl is pushed down the stairs by an evil spirit in the teaching building! Panic grips the campus. Before long, a female teacher is killed by a ghost on camera a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 A Puppet Show Beneath the Embroidered Spring Blade 绣春刀下的傀儡戏 Puppet Show Beneath the Embroidered Spring Sabre 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 The Underworld Decree 阴职令 A wedding invitation, a register of the dead, and a journey as a guide between worlds. Chen Du was an ordinary young man, until the yin-difference title inherited from his ancestors swept him into the conflicts between the worlds of the living and the dead. Old scores beneath the locust tree, lost souls in the paper city, every debt had to be settled by his own hand. This is not a story about becoming an immortal. It is a cycle of repaying debts. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 The Bizarre Case Investigator 诡案惊探 [Mystery]+ [Supernatural]+ [Deduction]+ [Crime Solving]+ [Male lead versed in both Yin and Yang] After his girlfriend vanishes under bizarre circumstances and every effort to find her comes to nothing for two years, Qin Zhong loses heart and takes a job as a police officer at a remote township station. One day, he suddenly receives a bizarre case. The entire village of Niewa has vanished. As the investigation deepens, one strange Supernatural incident after another unfolds. Along the way, his pa 1.6kReads8.4Score18714d adds
- 170 Those Years I Served as a Spirit Medium 顶香出马的那些年 I was born at midnight on July 16. A white fox and a black snake blocked the door when I was born. My second aunt, a shaman, read my fate: I was never meant to be born, but was a little ghost who escaped from the Underworld. I was born with an evil bone, possessed yin-yang eyes, had all seven apertures open, and was fated to have my life claimed by the King of Hell. To survive, I eventually chose to become a shaman. After experiencing many paranormal events, I encountered an evil organization ca 144Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 171 The Bizarre Paintings of Bianjing: Corpses Hidden in Ink 汴京诡画录：墨色藏尸 Records of Strange Paintings in Bianjing: A Corpse Hidden in Ink —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 109Reads—Score914d adds
- 173 My Date with a Vampire: Future and Past 我和僵尸有个约会之未来昔日 Jiang Tianyou, the Zombie God, and Ma Xiaoling, the exorcist Celestial Master, both vanished without a trace after the world-ending crisis several decades ago, leaving behind only an urban legend about their demon-slaying exploits. Years later, the winds of change rise again, and the gears of fate begin turning once more! Kuang Tianya, an exorcist girl bearing her family's mission, unexpectedly encounters Kuang Wuming, a mysterious young man who keeps his true abilities hidden, in a city seeth 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Daoist Bai Mei, Matchmaker of the Dead 白媒道长 Welcome to the works of Pangtou Yu! The author will do their best to bring you exciting stories. Thank you for your support and for sharing your criticism. Wishing all readers the best of luck. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 In My Next Life... 下辈子…… In the next life... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Confessions of a Spirit Medium, Part Two 一个出马仙自述经历第二部 This book is the official sequel to "The True Story of a Spirit Medium's Experiences". The entire work is fictional, so please don't take it as a reason to believe in superstition! As a sequel, this book recounts several strange experiences from a spirit medium's cultivation. The tale of my soul entering the body of the spirit tablet king at my own altar is just one of its central plotlines. I was a spirit medium in the human world, setting up altars, investigating cases, and helping clients. I 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 The Pact of the Ancient Book 古书之契 It all began when Lin Zhiyu picked up a strange book. Then he met the equally strange Yu Zhiyan, who seemed to have a secret connection to the book. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 The Corpse Keeper 守尸人 The morgue is where life and death meet. At this boundary, there are many taboos to heed. I grew up beside a hospital morgue, and I'll tell you about the hospital's taboos from a different perspective. Taboo 1: If you see a patient being resuscitated, don't gather around to watch. Taboo 2: If a patient's family throws away something the deceased used while alive, don't toss your own trash on top of it. Taboo 3: If you hear a cat meowing at night, don't go outside to look, whether you're a patien 891Reads6.3Score10214d adds
- 179 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 180 365 Nights of Corpse Tales from the Gorge 峡江尸话365夜 The poorer and more desolate the land, the stranger the tales; deep in the gorges along the river, there are stories of the supernatural. My hometown lies in the mountains of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in an area where several ethnic minorities live together. Before Liberation, it was a backward wilderness beyond the reach of government control. Over the long course of history, many baffling things happened here. After I was born, I heard plenty of chilling tales of strange happeni 120Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 181 Autopsy Report: Suspect Zero 尸检报告：零号嫌疑人 Qin Mo, chief forensic examiner at the Jingang Public Security Bureau, teams up with rookie forensic assistant Lin Wan. Through meticulous autopsies, they dismantle one seemingly airtight murder case after another, identify the overlooked prime suspect through the silent testimony of the dead, and uncover the truth behind concealed deaths. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Master DS 大师DS I, Li Hai, encountered supernatural events while at university. With the help of Shen Muzhi, whom many people call Master Shen, I managed to rid myself of those “filthy things.” Later, when my childhood friend was plagued by supernatural happenings, I took him to seek Master Shen’s help again. These two incidents filled me with curiosity about Master Shen and his work, and somehow I ended up becoming his assistant. From then on, I investigated all kinds of supernatural events alongside Master Sh 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 A Ghost Knocks at the Door 鬼敲门 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... 6.4kReads6.4Score24614d adds
- 184 The Gallery of Gods 神明陈列馆 My sister's life hangs on my cursed one. To save his terminally ill sister, Chen Gu steps into a dark world that collects human obsessions and “tokens.” During an expedition, he embeds “Destruction” in his right arm and seals “Order” inside his chest. From then on, his body becomes a battlefield between two colliding stars. He becomes a monster, and every time he suffers, his sister's soul is torn apart from a thousand miles away in her hospital room. In his darkest hour, he discovers the mark 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 185 World Order Research Institute 世界秩序研究学院 In 2012, spiritual qi revival began. Unexplained supernatural phenomena started appearing around the world. Urban legends, online ghost stories, and unidentified creatures emerged one after another. To maintain human order, the government secretly established an organization: The World Order Research Academy, or the Prefectural Academy. It studies the supernatural, contains people with special abilities, and suppresses ghosts and gods. Every student selected is among the finest young humans. Li 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Grandma’s Ghost Stories 听奶奶讲灵异故事 I was raised by my grandmother. The bedtime stories I heard as a child were all supernatural events she had experienced herself. They scared me so badly I was afraid to go to the bathroom, but I could never resist listening to the end. What I didn't know was that the more stories I heard, the more likely they were to come true, and that I had plenty of secrets of my own. 152Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 187 The Haunted House: The End of the Mist World 2 诡舍：迷雾世界终点2 [Transmigrate into a book + infinite flow + mild horror + instances + single heroine] Fu Jinyue unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a book. After going through one bizarre, uncanny instance mission after another, Fu Jinyue gradually gets closer to the truth: the secrets of the four great families, and whether rebirth truly exists... 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The Boy in the Hemp Robe 麻衣少年 [Ma Yi Divine Physiognomist, Young Feng Shui Master, Defying Fate] The year I was born, torrential rain fell from the heavens, and hordes of weasels swarmed into my home. To save me, my father leapt into the flood. When I was seven, my grandfather took in five female disciples, and they all became my senior fellow disciples. My bizarre story begins with these five senior sisters. 2.5kReads8.6Score23714d adds
- 189 Dead City 死城 In this book, I’ll take you in search of the eerie things hidden in the city, and the terrifying taboos lurking in everyday life. 1.7kReads8.4Score25114d adds
- 190 The Feng Shui King of the Underworld 江湖风水之王 On the day I was born, ten thousand demons emerged from the mountains, a hundred ghosts clawed their way out of their graves, and an immortal corpse guarded the way. My master, Daoist Jingxian, took me from a tomb and raised me for twenty years, only to fall under a curse and die a horrible death, skinned alive. Knowing he was going to die, my master left me a letter. First, he warned me not to seek out the killer. Then he urged me to stay away from the world. But I chose a third path, resolute 125Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 191 Old Wei's Ghost Stories 老魏讲鬼故事 [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Events] [Submitted by Readers] [Chilling on Reflection] [Bizarre Tales] [Beyond the Bounds of Science] The eerie Buddha statue seen when mountaineers are trapped in a ghostly loop, a face appearing on the wall in the middle of the night, a “person” using their own head as a ball during evening study at school... I have always believed that horror stories should be short, sometimes ending on a cliffhanger, sometimes becoming 1.5kReads—Score10814d adds
- 192 Ghost Master of the Yellow Springs 黄泉鬼师 A Master of Water Divination, also known among the people as a Ghost Master or Celestial Master, possesses powers that reach from heaven to earth and can speak with ghosts and gods. He treads the Yellow Springs, wields the Yin Lamp, glimpses fate, and cultivates the Great Dao. One day, my grandfather told me that I was actually dead... 159Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 193 Heed My Command! Summon a Hundred Thousand Ghost Soldiers to Restore the Underworld 听我号令！速召十万阴兵重振地府 The realms of yin and yang are intertwined: there is yang within yin, and yin within yang. In ancient times, Gonggong fought Zhuanxu for the throne and died after ramming Mount Buzhou in a fit of rage. His deep resentment turned him into a fierce ghost who took on the appearance of Emperor Fengdu and seized the throne. He erased Emperor Fengdu's memories, then reincarnated in the mortal world as Wu Jun. He also transformed two trusted fierce ghosts into King Biancheng and King Taishan, who took 13Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 194 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
- 195 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
- 196 Grandpa Started the Trouble, Three Generations Must Pay 爷爷闯下的祸，三代来还 The trouble Grandpa caused will take three generations to repay. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Edict: After the Hour of the Dog 敕令：戌时之后 A folk-horror tale: one official dispatch has been held up for three years. The speaker is Shen Yan, a registrar in Bianzhou. The dispatch was held up three months ago, and nobody dared take it on. Of the two who did, one grew a black ring around the back of his neck, while the other lost an eyelid. Three lines were written on the dispatch: Wherever it passes, there will be no rain for three years. After the hour of the Dog, do not enter any place with a threshold. There are only three rules: fi 83Reads—Score44214d adds
- 198 The Soul-Returning Soup 还魂汤 I was born in a remote village. The day my mother gave birth to me, she died a horrible death! I was born disabled, missing an arm, and with a red birthmark shaped like a coiled snake on my foot. My master said I had been cursed by an evil spirit, and that the curse could only be lifted if I found the one who cast it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t live to see twenty... 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Strange Tales of Min Mountain 岷山异事 In the 1980s, businessman Mo Wenshan traveled to the Min Mountains to survey the market. By a twist of fate, he became entangled in a tomb-robbing case, setting off a series of strange and perilous ancient tomb expeditions. In the process, the secrets of the ancient Shu civilization, hidden for a thousand years, came to light… 199Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 200 I Collected 99 Horror Stories 我收集了99个恐怖故事 [Short Story Collection] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Cases] [Uncanny Reality] [Horror Adventures] [Chilling] The stories of this world are half true and half false; the warmth and coldness of human nature make good and evil hard to tell apart. Light and shadow coexist, as do kindness and malice. If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear when ghosts knock at midnight. But if ghosts and spirits really came calling, could you face them calmly? This book is a collection of 14.5kReads8.7Score1.6k14d adds
