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- 1 The Mystery of the Haunted House 诡屋之谜 My name is Xiao Wen. I’m a guy who just graduated from college. I went out to seek my fortune with some good friends from my dorm, but when we arrived in Guangzhou to start work, we were immediately confronted with the challenge of finding a place to rent. We spent days searching, but had no luck. Then, just as we were about to give up, we happened to see a rental ad. The place was astonishingly cheap, so we moved in. One strange, eerie incident after another took place in this haunted house, wh 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Eerie Revival: From the Start, I Drew a Qilin Tattoo 诡异复苏：开局抽到麒麟纹身 Twisted faces, companions vanishing one after another, and one bizarre incident after another... Ghostly creatures were returning, hiding in the darkness and waiting for a chance to extend their claws toward the crowds... Fear spread through the masses, while bloodthirsty horrors lurked among them Chen Ke cheerfully made his way through every street in the city, eliminating one terrifying ghostly creature after another and protecting the people from danger. When the blood moon rose and darkn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Midnight Taxi 午夜出租车 People in certain lines of work often encounter strange and inexplicable things, especially drivers of midnight taxis. Because sometimes, the people they pick up might not be human. 219Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 4 Life as a Taoist in the City 都市道门生涯 The moment you enter the Dao, its depths are like an endless sea; three thousand evil ghosts come to heel. The Yin-Yang Divine Pendant opens the gates of the underworld, while the prison of Heaven and Earth binds souls in grief. Chen Fusheng had lived in an ancient temple since childhood. One day, he accidentally bumped into a statue and gained the ability to communicate with the gods and ghosts, including the Civil and Martial Judges, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and the Black and White Impermanence 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Awakening the Strongest Tattoo System and Reaching the Pinnacle of Life 觉醒最强纹身系统，直接人生巅峰 [Multiple Heroines] [Lighthearted Power Fantasy] [System] [Easygoing and Goofy] [Growth] [Slow Pace] Wu Moyuan was a college student in H City until the grandson of a school administrator got him expelled! But did he take the opportunity to hit on Wu's ex-girlfriend? With no choice but to survive by working as a tattoo artist, he awakened a System by chance while helping an old person! Complete missions! Earn rewards! What? I can't even complete the first mission! And now the System looks down o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Primordial Tattoo Artist: I Have a Ton of Original Artwork Tattoos 原纹师，我的原画纹身有亿点点多 [League of Legends + Naruto + One Piece + original system + brand-new original artist ranks + brand-new tattoo artists + absolutely thrilling…] Have you ever seen tattoos used to activate combat abilities? Have you ever heard of skills you can swap out whenever they don’t suit you? Have you ever thought about finding a way of life that suits you? The five professions: Original Artists, Original Tattooists, Tattoo Colorists, Fantasy Artists, and Combatants. Tu Fei is a transmigrator. He carries t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 What Do You Do When You Meet a Ghost? Fight Back with Your Tattoo! 遇鬼怎么办，纹身跟它刚！ Zhou Ping transmigrated to a world overrun by vicious demons and malevolent spirits. Unable to awaken a supernatural ability and forcibly expelled from Blue Sea Academy, he woke up one day to find a death notice waiting for him. Having frequented the academy's paranormal forum, he immediately realized a vicious spirit had set its sights on him. But Zhou Ping wasn't panicking. If anything, he was a little excited. Unable to awaken an ability, he had spent more than half a year getting tattoos all 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Immortality Project: I’m Frantically Gaining Extra Lives on the Other Side of the World 永生计划，我在世界对面疯狂加命 Every Easter, a massive ship docks, packed with people hoping to gain eternal life as it sails toward the far shore of the Fog Ocean. But everyone who boards disappears without a trace... Tomorrow is Easter, and Lu Xi boards the ship too, longing for eternal life. The moment he steps aboard, he notices how strangely soft the deck feels. Then he sees tray after tray of eerie sandalwood incense. Everyone who lights a stick dies... leaving no body behind! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Tattoo Artist 刺青师 As the years go by and times change, many professions have faded from public view. Tattoo artists are one of them. At midnight, a tattoo shop called Nine Dragons slowly opens its doors on a dimly lit street. Though it only opens at night, quite a few people come here. Whether you want a Guan Yu with his eyes open, an evil spirit to bring you wealth, nine dragons hauling a coffin, or Guanyin or another Buddha, you can get any taboo tattoo here, provided... you have the life to bear it. 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Tales of Strange Campus Happenings 校园诡事叙 Reader's guide: No romance. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story. It's more like a journal than a novel, with few dramatic twists. The story is told for the sake of telling it and follows the timeline. The supernatural elements are adapted from stories recounted by people the author once knew. Yuan Ruoying, a talented student in Class 16 of her second year of high school, attends a top school in the city. Her days are spent studying, following the same three-point routine. Life is busy but peacef 16Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 11 Horror Tattoos 惊悚纹身 Get the right tattoo and you can change your luck, even your fate. Get the wrong one and the consequences are endless... A tattoo artist in the trade tells you about the industry's traditions and taboos. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Apocalypse Tattoo Awakening: Underworld Gods and Demons Tattooed on My Body! 末世纹身觉醒：地府神魔纹我身！ [Ruthless protagonist + kills women + no saintly heroics + self-serving + will do anything for profit + builds a faction + readers with fragile hearts beware] The fog descended, the blood moon hung overhead, and tattoos awakened! Overnight, a layer of blood mist shrouded every corner of Blue Star, and a blood moon loomed high in the sky! Fierce beasts descended, and myths returned! Among the surviving humans, anyone with a tattoo on their body awakened its power! In his previous life, Lin Li was —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Apocalypse: Ancient Gods Tattooed on My Skin, Commanding the Fate of the Nine Provinces 末世，纹身上古神明，掌九州国运 (Platform-certified: Premium Short Read) The apocalypse arrives. Plants and animals evolve at an insane rate, while ancient gods descend one after another. Order collapses, and humanity becomes food for the myriad races. Humans who awaken divine markings gain incredibly powerful abilities. The Zhao Zilong divine mark: a Dragon Gallbladder Silver Spear that crushes beasts of the myriad races. The Black and White Impermanence divine mark: a Soul-Locking Chain and a Mourning Staff that suppress the 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Package from the Underworld 来自阴间的快递 If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll grow up delivering packages. Just when his future seems bleak, he must also face murderous threats hidden in his parcels. Is it the hand of fate, or a conspiracy lurking in the shadows? Who could have guessed that a tiny package would uncover a secret and reveal the four great Daoist families hidden among ordinary people? The fate of all humanity, a mysterious mission, it all begins with a delivery from the underworld! 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Journey to the West: I Tattooed the Monkey from the Start 西游：开局给猴子纹个身 After transmigrating, Zhao Mingxuan was thrilled to get a "God-Tier Tattoo System." The only problem was that no customers ever came through the door. At long last, he finally got a customer, only to find it was a monkey that looked just like a person. Even more absurdly, the moment the monkey walked in, it dropped to its knees and called him Master. A native of the Water Curtain Cave on Flower-Fruit Mountain in the Aolai Kingdom of the Eastern Continent? No way, Sun Wukong! Did I just steal Pat 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Enchanted Tattoos: From the Start, I Tattooed the Red-Eyed Senior 附魔纹身：开局纹身赤瞳学姐 [Everyday Life + Sweet Romance] After finishing the college entrance exams, Luo Xiaobei turned down an offer from a prestigious university. He took over a tattoo parlor and inherited the ancient Baiyue tattooing arts. When he was at his loneliest, the Supreme Enchantment System awaited activation. He tattooed a “Yellow Emperor Tribal Design” on the mysterious red-eyed senior. From then on, the System began granting all kinds of overpowered enchantments. But the red-eyed senior was no ordinary pe 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The City’s Divine Spirit Tattoo Master 都市之神级灵纹师 Zhou Hao had neither father nor mother. As a child, he was adopted and taken away by a mysterious old man known as Old Mo the Ghost. They lived in a small house in the northern part of H City, by Beihu Lake. Little by little, the old man taught him a skill: tattooing. But their tattoos weren’t ordinary. They were spirit tattoos, a tradition passed down since the Warring States period... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Tattoo Awakening: From the Start, the Primordial Nine Dragons Pulled a Coffin 纹身觉醒：开局太古十凶九龙拉棺 [Decisive and Ruthless] [Overwhelmingly Powerful] [No Saintly Mercy] [Awakening Through Tattoos] [Divine and Demonic Skinchanging] The blood moon hangs in the sky, feral beasts evolve, humanity twists, and the apocalypse descends. In a single night, order collapses. Humans become prey for feral beasts, with extinction looming. But then, Fate Tattooists emerge. Their tattoos awaken, granting them supernatural powers to fight the beasts and protect the last sparks of civilization. Before the apoca 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 19 The Tattoo Artist Who Began with the Power of the Deep Sea 从深海力量开始的纹身师 [Slow burn + suspense + mind-bending + logical + hard-hitting + detail-rich + mysterious. Not a quick read, so proceed with caution if that’s not your thing.] In the fading light of 2305, human civilization came to an end under the invasion of life forms from another dimension. Song Ping died, but woke up again, back at the very beginning of it all. This time, he would make sure everyone worth saving survived. Standing at the edge of the fog, he swore an oath to those godlike, malevolent entitie 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Eighteenth Floor Underground 地下十八楼 [Urban Mystery / Thriller / Puzzle-Solving / Supernatural / No System] Beneath an upscale residential complex lies a mysterious space known as “Underground Level Eighteen.” They say that anyone who goes in either dies or goes mad… Su Chi, a new resident, accidentally gets caught up in it. There are ancient coffin mazes, a blue underground river, savage subterranean creatures, and even mysterious wild men… Danger lurks at every turn, and the mysteries are hair-raising. It feels as if a pair of ey 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Talisman Master 画符天师 A talisman is the true seal of Heaven and Earth, though people counterfeit it with cinnabar, ink, paper, and brush. I, Ding Mian, possess but a spark of spiritual light, yet I can reach through Heaven and Earth. I can command emptiness, water and fire, tiles and stones, grass and trees, food and drink; I can make things exist or vanish, and pass through and transform them. This is the Way of Heaven! 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Messenger of the Underworld 冥界使者 After graduating from college, I hoped to find a good job, but ended up delivering packages. Then one day, I received a mysterious delivery slip, and my life changed completely. 35Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 23 The Mysterious Origami Master: Rising to Power from the Underworld! 诡秘折纸匠：从阴间开始成大佬！ (The protagonist is calm and self-focused, and refuses to be swept along by outside forces. Please understand if that's not to your taste.) After a family upheaval, he awakens as a bizarre paper-folding craftsman. After a paper mansion is burned down, it transforms into a haunted apartment building in the underworld. One paper figure after another becomes a battle-hardened general! With a wave of paper, he summons a river of stars across the heavens. With a drop of paper, the Yellow Springs surg 825Reads6.7Score15214d adds
- 24 Corpse Driver: I Dug Up an Undercover Cop from the Start 赶尸人，开局挖出警方卧底 Synopsis: Li Chengchuan is so busy driving corpses that he accidentally stands up his blind date, enraging his older sister! “I’ll go plead your case again, but you’d better behave this time, or I’ll beat you to death!” “I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation.” “Sorry, I had to go on a last-minute business trip and forgot to tell you.” “So what do you do for work?” “If I say I drive corpses, would you believe me?” “I believe you!” Song Qianqian didn’t take him too seriously, because her 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Apocalypse Tattoo Awakening: Did He Just Tattoo the Entire Universe? 末世纹身觉醒：他把宇宙给纹了？ Disaster struck Blue Star. The world expanded, beasts mutated, and countless unknown horrors descended through eerie spatial rifts, dealing a devastating blow to the entire world. People with tattoos gained supernatural powers and became Super-Tattooed Ones. While everyone else was still congratulating themselves on the power granted by their mighty tattoos, Jiang Feimeng, a man who lived off women, had already been reborn before the disaster. He had tattooed onto his body the Daoist runes that 69Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 26 Doomsday Tattoo Awakening: I Tattooed the Ultimate Combination! 末世纹身觉醒：我纹出最强组合！ The Matrix collapsed, and the apocalypse began. All races strove to evolve. Some gained the power of yin and yang through a round birthmark. Others awakened the Heavenly Eye through a vermilion mole between their brows. Yet humanity gradually lost ground in this competition, edging toward extinction. Lin Fan was reborn and resolved to use the power of tattoos to protect the last embers of humanity! A tattoo made before the cataclysm could serve as an anchor, guiding the direction of evolution. “ 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 After Graduation, I Became a Corpse Retriever, and Zhou Jie Exposed Me 毕业后当捞尸人，被周姐曝光了 With graduation just around the corner, Lin Yu's girlfriend breaks up with him over the harsh realities of life. Just then, Lin Yu activates the Corpse Retriever System and prepares to start recovering bodies. Some expert: No boat can sail on the River of the Dead. Some authority: No one can identify the corpses in the River of the Dead. Some veteran corpse retriever: Anyone who retrieves corpses from the River of the Dead dies within a year. Yet Lin Yu rows his little boat along the River o 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Supernatural Descends, But I Don't Panic: Gods and Buddhas Tattooed All Over My Body 诡异降临我不慌，满天神佛身上纹 (Brutal ghost-slaying, punches that hit hard, a sunny and cheerful young man, a muscular hunk, nearly invincible, roast it if it isn’t funny) The gods have vanished, and the uncanny has descended! While grabbing a late-night snack, Wang Meng felt that the first twenty-odd years of his life had been wasted. Because he... had encountered a ghost! At the critical moment, Wang Meng awakened the God and Buddha System. As long as he collected enough uncanny emotions, he could obtain a God or Buddha Po 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Feng Shui Tattoo Artist 风水纹身师 A down-on-his-luck tattoo shop owner unexpectedly acquires a System, and from then on, life seems to go his way. Beautiful woman: “Boss! I want a tattoo!” Chen Hua: “So, beautiful, are you going to take your clothes off yourself, or should I help you?” With the System in hand, the whole world is mine! With beauties in my arms, even ghosts and gods will flee! 4Reads6.1Score314d adds
- 30 Global Tattoo Awakening: Nine Dragons Haul a Coffin on My Back 全球纹身觉醒，后背九龙拉棺 [Apocalypse]+ [Tattoos]+ [Awakening]+ [Superpowers] The Apocalypse arrives, and the world undergoes a global mutation. A catastrophe sweeps across the planet, transforming the entire world beyond recognition. All plants and animals become mutant beasts, ranked from Tier One to Tier Nine. After the mutation, the tattoos on human bodies awaken as forbidden tattoos. They grant their bearers extraordinary power, turning them into “Tattooed Awakeners.” Armed with powers capable of destroying heaven a 59Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 31 Death WeChat 死亡微信 One death after another closes in around the protagonist. Will they find a way to survive these hardships, or fall into hell… 149Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 32 Tattoo Awakening in the Apocalypse: I Am the Lord of Calamity 末世纹身觉醒：我是凶神之主 A round, blood-red moon rises into the sky, and the apocalypse begins. The whole world plunges into chaos and panic... People who gaze at the blood moon turn into zombies and devour their fellow humans. Animals become ferocious beasts, plants spread wildly, and the food chain collapses. All living things vie with humanity for dominion over the three realms, and the power over life and death... Yet after the apocalypse begins, those with tattoos keep awakening new powers. The more vicious the tat 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Eerie Corpse Retrieval: Beating Up a Thousand-Year-Old Water Ghost from the Start 诡异捞尸：开局暴打千年水鬼 As everyone knows, corpse retrieval has three rules: 1. Don’t retrieve bodies during thunderstorms. 2. Don’t retrieve bodies floating upright. 3. If you can’t retrieve a body after three tries, give up! No matter how much the client offers, corpse retrievers refuse to enter the water if any of these three situations arise! Before retrieving a body, they also perform all kinds of warding-off rituals and offerings. If anything seems amiss, they won’t enter the water either! These are precious less 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Subduing Evil 镇邪 There are always mysterious things in this world, yet people dismiss them as nonsense. Miaojiang gu poison, corpse-driving in western Hunan, Nanyang curses, the Flowerfall Cave Maiden, shamanic sorcery, and yin-yang demons are all forbidden taboos. You don't have to believe in them, but you must remain in awe. Above all, never profane them! When the taboo soul bell rings out in the sky and ancient horrors quietly awaken, the world teeters on the brink of disaster. Will there still be someone who 637Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 35 My Years as a Tattoo Artist 我当纹身师那些年 As a child, I saw my grandfather tattooing a woman. The intimate moment between them stayed in my mind, impossible to forget. Then one day, my grandfather asked if I wanted to learn his craft. I agreed without hesitation. Only later did I realize that tattoos weren't just for looks: they could even defy fate and change one's destiny... 214Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Possession 上身 Ghosts: ethereal, elusive beings! Ghosts: a certainty that exists for those who believe, and not for those who don't! Are ghosts really only around at night? What do they actually look like? The truth is, they're right beside you! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Specimens from a Dark Alley 暗巷标本集 A collection of mysterious, bizarre tales where dreams and reality intertwine. What lies hidden behind each story? Each chapter in this book is a story of its own, drawing us into boundless imagination. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Horror Revival: I Got a Guan Yu Tattoo, and It Opened Its Eyes to Kill 恐怖复苏：我纹个关公能睁眼杀人 [Mystery]+ [Folk supernatural] In most people’s eyes, I’m an utterly ordinary tattoo artist. But I actually carry on a little-known tradition: Yin-Yang Embroidery. “Yin-Yang Embroidery stitches yin and yang, bringing wealth and status in life, and safety wherever you go.” It can drive away ghosts and evil, turn bad luck around, increase fortune, and keep people safe. Before my master died, he forbade me from using this craft to make money. But after disaster struck, I had no choice but to defy h 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Matters of the Underworld 冥事 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? As an outstanding product of nine years of compulsory education, I certainly didn't. But ever since I started working as a security guard at Hongqi Factory, I do! I thought it was just an ordinary factory, but who would have guessed that... 299Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸匠 Paper effigy crafting is a business of the yin world. Of the many trades, the seventh refers to making paper effigies. My master said our line of paper effigy makers suffers from the Five Banes and Three Deficiencies, and is steeped in bad luck. We can forget about marrying and having children. If a female ghost starts haunting us, that's practically a blessing from our ancestors! “So that's why you told me to marry a paper effigy?” I looked at the paper figure lying beside me and felt a chill r 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 My Tattoos Can Raise Ghosts 我的纹身能养鬼 “My name is Qin Buyi. I am the God of the Old Days, the Dark Tathagata, and the Demon Venerable Wushi. As for which one is the real me, I don't know either.” Strange tattoos, tentacles blotting out the sky: this is a world where Hell lies empty. 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 42 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
- 43 Night of the Return of the Dead 回魂夜 On my way home from work, I saw a group of girls beating up a pretty girl. She called out to me for help, but I didn’t get involved. Who knew she’d end up dead? Seven days later, on the night she returned as a ghost, I was the first person she came looking for. 29Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 44 Strange Encounters: A Supernatural Mystery Series 奇遇之悬疑灵异系列 The suspense and supernatural novel Strange Encounter is a series consisting of Book One, The Blue-Robed Woman; Book Two, The Madman; Book Three, Si Ming; and Book Four, The Secret Realm of the Star Pillar. How did a wealthy heiress end up adrift and wandering from place to place? Where did her mysteriously missing mother go? What is behind the strange sounds coming from the attic? Why was she suddenly wanted by the authorities? What should she do when she has to travel over mountains and r 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 It Was Supposed to Be a Tomb-Guarding Show, but You Awakened a Qilin Tattoo 说好守墓节目，你竟觉醒麒麟纹身 After Ye Qiu transmigrates, he obtains a god-tier legacy System and is selected for a wildly popular online program dedicated to promoting and passing down China's ancient professions, many of which are gradually disappearing! Tomb guardians, pearl divers, corpse drivers, knife lenders, feng shui masters... They all reappear in the world, one after another. From the start, Ye Qiu guards the tomb of Qin Shi Huang. He awakens a qilin tattoo and wields a black-gold ancient saber as he protects the 2Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 46 Yin-Yang Tattooist 阴阳纹身师 A beautiful woman came to me for a tattoo, and I accidentally pricked her... 421Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 47 Mo Chi Y 墨池Y The inspiration for this novel came from a real supernatural incident involving a residential compound security guard. As cities expand, they inevitably encroach on the homes of the dead. The Dingyuan Estate, where Yao Yan worked as a security guard, had been built on a mass grave abandoned for a thousand years. One late-spring night, deep in the darkness, all was silent beneath a fine drizzle. Suddenly, a girl’s spine-chilling cry for help came from outside the guard booth: “It hurts so much. C 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I Became Invincible After Being Forced to Get a Tattoo 被迫纹身的我无敌了 Su Zhe transmigrates into a world overrun by vengeful ghosts and savage demons. One day, he finds ten thousand yuan and thinks fortune has smiled on him. But the next day, he realizes the money he spent has mysteriously returned. When something this eerie happens, Su Zhe quickly searches online for answers. That’s when he learns the money was ghostly payment for his life, left on the road! And the ghost will come to claim his life at midnight on the seventh day. Just as Su Zhe’s heart sinks into 8Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 49 Apocalypse Tattoo Awakening: From the Start, Covered in Heavenly Court and Underworld Tattoos 末世纹身觉醒：开局刻满天庭地府 The blood moon hangs overhead, the supernatural descends, and the whole world falls into chaos. Vegetation grows out of control, beasts run wild, and ghosts roam the night as demons and monsters wreak havoc. In a single night, humanity falls to the bottom of the food chain. Yet whenever all hope seems lost, there is always someone blessed by great fortune who rises to save a collapsing world and turn the tide. Divine Tattoo Masters! The last guardians of humanity, they gain formidable power from 2.2kReads7.3Score21514d adds
- 50 The Child's Haunting 童诡 Mystery | Horror | Hidden Chen Shuyang was overjoyed to move in with his girlfriend, Bai Lu. But as they spent day after day together, he gradually discovered her many strange quirks, from bizarre tastes in food to abnormal behavior. Little by little, he uncovered the terrifying secret she was hiding. 443Reads8.0Score11314d adds
