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- 151 The Stone That Remembers the Light 会记住光的石头 The Stone That Remembers the Light 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 I Open a Shop in Another World, and I Have an Invincible Domain 异界开店，我有无敌领域 [No female lead + stays put] Ye Xuan transmigrates to the Canglan Continent and becomes the owner of a general store. [Ding! Invincible Shopkeeper System binding...] Selling goods raises the shopkeeper’s rank. A one-star shopkeeper is absolutely invincible within a ten-li radius. A two-star shopkeeper is absolutely invincible within a hundred-thousand-li radius. A nine-star shopkeeper is absolutely invincible across countless worlds! The shop is out of the way, and nobody visits? Ye Xuan: Le 1.6kReads7.0Score10014d adds
- 153 Coffin Shop No. 44 44号棺材铺 Everyone knows what a coffin shop is, but would you dare enter one where someone has died? Ever since I took over a coffin shop, strange things have been happening all around me. Only then did I realize that the people who come to buy coffins aren't necessarily alive… 2.2kReads8.0Score25314d adds
- 154 The Yin-Yang Occult Artisan 阴阳诡匠 As the old saying goes: “Better to offend the King of Hell than a carpenter.” A carpenter isn't someone who puts together a plank to make a door or builds a table. That's just woodworking! A true carpenter understands the yin and yang, knows feng shui, and can bring prosperity to a household or cause someone to die a sudden, violent death. I might have spent my whole life as an ordinary woodworker, if Grandma hadn't given me a mysterious old book... 4.6kReads7.0Score49014d adds
- 155 Your Eminence, the Gods Really Haven't Fallen 主教大人，神明真的没有堕落 [Western Fantasy] [Charlatan] [Misunderstandings] [Contrast] [Multiple Women] [Decisive and Ruthless] After transmigrating into the body of a good-for-nothing bishop who had been exiled, Gideon faced hell-level difficulty from the start. Luckily, he had a [Divine Paradox System]. The more he violated the doctrines, the more Divine Points he earned. And so... [Divine Points + ???] [The Host actually dares to publicly declare that the great God of Holy Light has "fallen" in front of a devout nun w 30.1kReads8.5Score4k14d adds
- 156 Reincarnated as a Villainous Noble, I’m Loved Too Much by Older Women 转生反派贵族，年上们都太爱我了 [Not a Villain Novel + Transmigration + Another World + Conquest + Multiple Races] After transmigrating into a fantasy game world, he becomes a villainous noble. Instead of focusing on building his career, he declares that he’ll protect every older female character. Can you believe it? This is a sword-and-magic game world. The heroines are charming, each with a vibrant personality, but Sean prefers the older characters in the game. Without exception, every one of them meets a tragic end. Then a 14.5kReads7.4Score1.7k14d adds
- 157 The Affairs Hall 了事堂 The Hall of Resolution’s motto: Settle the three thousand troubles of the mortal world, and let all people enjoy peace. If you have a problem, go to Tian Qi. As long as you have enough money, he can handle it. Not enough? Then, sorry. I'm a little tired. 5.2kReads8.5Score37114d adds
- 158 The Incense of the Underworld 走阴香 [Spirit Medium + Supernatural] The year I turned ten, my grandmother passed away. Not long after, I came down with a strange illness. Days of injections and medicine did no good, and every night I became unusually alert, often babbling incoherently. After five days of continuous fever, my parents had no choice but to take me to the countryside to see a woman they called Auntie, who they said could treat me. Here, “Auntie” didn’t mean a relative on my father’s side. It was the respectful title we 989Reads9.1Score16914d adds
- 159 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.2kReads9.1Score94114d adds
- 160 The Demon Rental Contract 诡契约之恶魔出租 Welcome to the Demon Rental Shop. What wish would you like to have granted? Revenge? Money? Power? Love? Or any other desire? If you want it, the demons will make it happen. Of course, everything comes at a price. 12.1kReads8.4Score94614d adds
- 161 A Young Feng Shui Master Betrothed to a White Tiger at Birth 少年风水师，出生就和白虎定亲 At the Human Skin Inn, a hundred ghosts carry a coffin. A yin corpse borrows a life. A demon child lies hidden in a Buddhist womb… From the moment I was born, my father pledged his life to arrange my engagement to a White Tiger. Because of that, I embarked on a little-known path… 5.9kReads9.2Score51814d adds
- 162 The Haunted Shroud 诡寿衣 My family sells burial clothes. Every seven days, a woman comes to order a set. Only at the end did I discover she had been ordering burial clothes for all four members of my family. 1kReads8.8Score10114d adds
- 163 Infinite: Running a Restaurant in a Necromancy Game 无限：我在亡灵游戏开餐馆 Synopsis: (No romance, escape and survival, female protagonist) While everyone else fights to survive, I open a restaurant. (P.S. The main focus is still on escaping and recruiting staff, not on running a traditional shop and selling things. I didn't make that clear in the story. Sorry~) Others: These ghosts are way too terrifying! Help~ I want to live!!... Xie Tingyan: What?! Ghosts??? They're not ghosts, they're all my precious darlings! *laughs* The customer is king. You can call me “Boss Xie 154Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 164 Upholding Justice in Heaven's Name 替天行道 Yin cannot thrive alone, and yang cannot exist by itself. I grew up in the countryside, left behind by my parents and raised by my grandfather. All his life, Grandpa was either helping widows and orphaned girls or on his way to help them. So, for as long as I can remember, I heard the villagers cursing him behind his back. Then one day, a stranger in a burial shroud asked me a question. A tree without bark but with a soul is bound to die. What happens to a person with skin but no soul? The relat 3kReads8.9Score24914d adds
- 165 Uh-Oh, I've Turned a Creepy Game into Reality 坏了，玩到真的诡异养成游戏了 Have you ever played a truly eerie creature-raising game? Have you ever had a heart-pounding life experience? “Red wedding dress, paper shoes for the dead, a ghost in the mirror...” Which of these ghosts would you choose to raise? When Wu Wen clicked the place button and saw the red-clad figure appear before him, only one thought remained in his mind. “Crap, I've actually started playing a real supernatural creature-raising game!” The game Ghost Encounter has been making games for twenty years. 3.8kReads8.6Score31314d adds
- 166 The Maoshan Occultist 茅山诡术师 My name is Fang Gang. I was stolen the moment I was born. From then on, my life unfolded into an epic tale, as turbulent as it was mysterious. 379Reads8.6Score5814d adds
- 167 The Yin Tattooist 阴纹师 May you be blessed with wealth and long life, and travel safely in and out. I’m the heir to a special kind of embroidery, commonly known as “tattooing.” You’d think this craft would be quite profitable in a modern city, but before my master died, he forbade me from using it to make money. I always did as he said, but recently, something happened, and I had no choice but to go against his dying words. From then on, all kinds of strange things began happening around me. 951Reads8.8Score12114d adds
- 168 The Supplier of the Three Realms 三界供应商 Zhang Feng, a fruit supplier, was getting one bad review after another on his online store. Just when he could barely make ends meet, a huge order suddenly came in. Looking closer, he saw the delivery address was a cemetery nearby!!! What sent chills down his spine was that the customer wanted to pick up the goods in person. This… 384Reads7.8Score10214d adds
- 169 The Yin Fourth Gate 阴四门 [One heroine + traditional supernatural folklore + spirit medium] (Adapted into an audio IP) Prequel to "A One-Stop Funeral Service, with Cyber Immortals by My Side" (It’s perfectly normal for a funeral officiant like me to summon immortals, right?). The Yin Four Trades: an occupation that lives entirely off the dead. What would happen if the strongest spirit medium within thousands of miles joined one of the Yin Four Trades… 849Reads8.6Score15214d adds
- 170 Folk Tales of the Mountain Wilds 民间山野怪谈 A lifetime spent roaming the martial world, telling tales of ghosts and strange happenings from the countryside. Stories of spirits and monsters in the wilderness have always been a staple of people's conversations over tea, and folk tales about mountain ghosts and gods come in every variety. There is a kind of extraordinary man who can help people choose burial sites and homes, divine life and death, reveal the secrets of fate, dispel evil spirits, travel to the underworld, save lives, and ward 1.1kReads8.9Score15114d adds
- 171 My Midnight Livestream Room 我的午夜直播间 An unconventional livestream. A turning point in fate. Welcome to the Midnight Livestream. Here you'll find not only expedition streams unlike anything you've ever seen, but also a place where souls are kept in captivity, beyond anything you could imagine. 1.3kReads8.2Score11614d adds
- 172 The Yin-Yang Wicked Son-in-Law 阴阳恶婿 At the end of the Ming dynasty, four families discover a terrifying dragon's lair, a feng shui site said to lead to heaven. They divide it into four parts, named Power, Wisdom, Wealth, and Beauty. Those buried within it can ensure their descendants enjoy power, wisdom, wealth, and beauty forever. But the lair defies the natural order. Even its good fortune carries danger, and it invites Heaven's punishment. To preserve their destiny, the families must find a scapegoat to take the blow in their p 17.3kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 173 The Corpse Leaps Over the Wall 尸跳墙 I’ve been blind since childhood, so I work as a massage therapist for the blind. Then one day, I met a terrifying woman who said she could restore my sight. The price was... 140Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 174 The Ultimate Middleman: The Supernatural Come to Me for Supplies 最强中间商：诡异来找我进货 [Creepy + Infinite Flow + Livestreaming + Face-Slapping Power Fantasy + No CP] Horror games invade Earth. Countless people die in the games, while others gain supernatural abilities and become beings comparable to gods. Jiang Ye awakens the [SSS-Rank Talent: Supermarket Owner!] From then on, whenever he enters a game instance Jiang Ye: “Dying of thirst? One cup of mineral water costs 100 ghost coins!” The creature: “That’s highway robbery! Doesn’t it only cost 2 ghost coins wholesale?” Unfortuna 2.7kReads8.8Score32814d adds
- 175 Whoever Wants to Be the Villain Can Have the Job. I Passed the Civil Service Exam 这反派谁爱当谁当，我考公上岸了 [Subverting Tropes + Cathartic + Righteous to a Fault + Arrests Whole Families at the Drop of a Hat + Even Lawyers Get Locked Up] He transmigrates into a world where short dramas have merged, becoming the second young master of a wealthy family, and a major villain at that? Nope. Zhou Cheng activates the Police God System and passes the civil service exam! Every act of merit earns him a reward! So Zhou Cheng keeps an eye on the male and female leads and all the supporting characters. Anyone who 4.3kReads7.3Score39514d adds
- 176 I Am a Feng Shui Master 我是风水师 I thought I would follow the three instructions my parents left in their will, but everything changed after I rescued a female classmate… 8.9kReads7.4Score65414d adds
- 177 The Coffin Walks at Night 灵棺夜行 I was carrying a coffin up the mountain for a burial when they stuffed me inside and buried me alive. Then, in a single night, all three hundred or so people in the village vanished. Only at night was the place alive with voices. I crawled out of the coffin, only to discover... 5.7kReads8.2Score37314d adds
- 178 Transmigrating to Uncle Nine's World: Becoming an Ancestor at Last 穿越九叔世界之终成老祖 After accidentally transmigrating into the mysterious and terrifying ghost-filled world of Uncle Jiu, Xu Shiming becomes a member of Maoshan. In this world overrun by monsters and demons, he encounters one extraordinary opportunity after another and earns a reputation as the Child of Destiny. When he first arrives at Maoshan, he is young and inexperienced, but gradually masters powerful Taoist arts. He fights shoulder to shoulder with his fellow disciples, joining them in the battle against evi 1.2kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 179 Eerie Apocalypse: The Eerie Boss Only Cares About Doing Business 诡异末世：诡异老板只爱做生意 [Eerie apocalypse, hand-built System, running a shop, behind-the-scenes scheming, lighthearted comedy, absurd humor, fun read] After dying suddenly, Chu Xingci replaced the rules of Hidden Instance Room 707 and became the new Colorful Ghost. A parallel Blue Star world. Humanity struggles to survive, exploring eerie rules in search of a slim chance of survival. One day... The hidden instance [The Colorful Ghost's Last Wish] was revealed, and humanity fell silent. Humans and ghosts shouldn't 1.9kReads7.5Score14714d adds
- 180 I Became a Supermarket NPC in the Apocalypse, and Now I’m Invincible 在末世当超市npc后我无敌了 [Apocalypse + System + shopkeeper NPC + face-slapping thrills] What’s it like to suddenly inherit a hotel after being broke for 18 years? Hehe~ The apocalypse arrives. Not so hehe. Just as Yue Jinxi is about to become takeout for these mutant creatures, her golden finger arrives, making her the merchant NPC in this game. Hehe again~ She completes the beginner quest, secures a trade deal with the authorities, ventures into the sea to trade with the aquatic folk, and witnesses civilization enter a 3.2kReads8.0Score72014d adds
- 181 Lord of the Spirit Realm: From the Start, Bound to a Horror Short-Drama System 灵境主宰：开局绑定恐怖短剧系统 [Soul Transmigration to the Modern World + Cultivation Expert + Unhinged CEO + Demon-Fallen Buddhist Monk + Horror Short-Drama Instances + Yandere Villain + Love Rival Showdown] Li Xinghua, a Mahayana cultivator, was ambushed by a Buddhist monk who had fallen to the demonic path. Her soul transmigrated to the modern world, where she became a freshman at Huaqing University who had died from staying up too late. Stripped of her cultivation and stranded in an unfamiliar world with scarce spiritual 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Survival in the Eerie Night Sequence: All My Items Are Rule-Based 诡夜序列求生：我全是规则道具 [Apocalypse] [Supernatural] [Survival] [爽文] [Not a Saint] [Sequences] [Artifacts] [Leveling] This book is also known as: "My Miracle Sequence: All Humanity Begs Me to Hurry Up and Grow Stronger" and "Oh No! Why Are All My Items Divine Artifacts?" This story features hundreds of strange objects, sacrificial items, sequence abilities, and types of monsters, along with all kinds of interesting tools and a power system. Handsome guys and lovely ladies, come and check it out! Global horror descends, 142.4kReads7.3Score19.3k14d adds
- 183 Tokyo: The System Insists My Neighbor's Wife Is an Evil Spirit! 东京，系统硬说邻居太太是恶灵！ [Comedy + Light Supernatural + Tokyo] Chu Yun obtains an “Exorcism System,” but the System labels his neighbor an evil spirit and orders him to exorcise her. And that’s not all: a runaway girl, an heiress drowning in debt, an underground idol, a girl seeking a place to stay, a cool older woman... The System sees them all as powerful evil spirits of different kinds! Luckily, he earns rewards by freeing evil spirits from their obsessions! 3.3kReads7.1Score44414d adds
- 184 Machete Simulator 柴刀模拟器 [Also known as: “One Girlfriend? Two Girlfriends? A Whole Bunch of Girlfriends!”] [Not a Simulator Story]+ [Broadly Defined Light Novel]+ [System That Blows Its Own Cover]+ [Multiple Heroines] College student Jiang Xian is an intensely devoted anime nerd. At the end of his vacation, he unexpectedly bound himself to the “Shiv Simulator.” To complete the System’s missions, he made an agreement with Song Yiyue, the campus beauty of an art college, to be “nominally dating” for 3,000 yuan a month. La 16kReads8.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 185 I Scared a Ghost to Death Again 我又把鬼吓死了 [No romance + Chinese-style horror + folk beliefs and the occult + first-person narration + ghost-catching prodigy] My great-grandfather, Zhang Tiansheng, was a taboo subject in the Zhang family. He had once been a highly respected exorcist throughout the surrounding villages, able to speak with ghosts and spirits and dispel evil influences. Then, for reasons no one knew, he suddenly went mad. Before he died, he even tried to kill his entire family. After my great-grandfather died, his body was 568Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 186 Buried Blade 葬刀 There are two knives in my family, one for skinning and one for cutting bones. Grandpa always treasured those battered old knives, burning incense and worshipping them every day. I never understood why. Then one day, I used them to slaughter a fox. Only after disaster struck did I understand what those knives represented... 2.4kReads8.3Score24814d adds
- 187 CEO Wife, Don’t Run! Your Taoist Priest Is Coming 总裁老婆你别跑，贫道来也 [Urban] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Cultivation] The Great Emperor of Fengdu is reborn to cultivate anew. In his previous life, he followed the Way of the Sword. In this life, he follows the Way of Being a Jerk! After marrying Su Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Su family in Yunhai City, Li Yang starts causing trouble at every turn and acting like a complete scoundrel. He catches evil spirits, exorcises zombies, flirts with his wife, and gets up to all kinds of mischief... 5.3kReads8.8Score35014d adds
- 188 You Think Eye Techniques Are Weak? Ever Heard of Kotoamatsukami? 瞳术师弱？可曾听闻别天神！ [Over-the-top thrills]+ [Kotoamatsukami]+ [All kinds of eye techniques]+ [Control the arrogant, aloof campus beauty]. Lin Xing transmigrates to a world where everyone chooses a profession, but awakens as the weakest kind of eye-technique user, specializing in support and scouting. Little does he expect to awaken the strongest eye-technique System and obtain the ultimate genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami! What? The arrogant campus beauty has an SSS-rank profession? She looks down on me? Then I guess I'll 8.5kReads8.2Score95014d adds
- 189 The Mountain and Sea Coffin 山海棺 Wooden coffins bury the dead, iron coffins conceal ghosts; silver coffins nurture demons, and golden coffins seal gods. After Grandpa dies, all spirits pay their respects at the shrine, and he is buried in a coffin among the mountains and seas... 371Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 190 The Cthulhu World: My Days at the Clinic 克苏鲁世界：我在那开诊所的日子 [Cthulhu + no System + another world + no female lead + guess who the protagonist is] (This is a slow-burn, fan-oriented work, and the author's writing is average.) ↑ The above is a disclaimer. Lin Ke is summoned as an ordinary zombie. He inherits an old-timer's clinic and works conscientiously, always treating his patients with warmth. He has a little octopus by his side that lives in his shadow day in, day out. But for some reason, certain patients grow more and more respectful toward him, giv 855Reads7.0Score11014d adds
- 191 Help! I'm Raising a Cosmic Behemoth in a Beast-Taming World 吓哭了！在御兽世界养成星空巨兽 [Beast Taming] + [Gender-Bending Yuri] + [Feel-Good Yuri] + [Beast Companions Bigger Than Planets] The good news: I transmigrated into a Beast Tamer, and I'm a max-level veteran starting over. The bad news: I chose the wrong character model. I'm a white-haired beauty, and my ID is even “Xue Youyou.” The good news: My bonded beast companion is the rare [Snowflake]. The bad news: It's an ornamental pet, universally considered a good-for-nothing. The good news: The Titan build I invented in my prev 21.1kReads7.3Score3.1k14d adds
- 192 The Haunted Memories Estate 诡忆小区 Zhao Jingyue and his girlfriend Lele finally moved into Ping'anli, an apartment complex where rent was only 1,000 yuan a month. Their new, fully furnished two-bedroom apartment even had a sea view. They thought they'd found a bargain, but as soon as they moved in, all kinds of strange things began happening. As everything around him grew stranger by the day, Zhao Jingyue gradually realized that the complex wasn't meant for the living at all. His already bizarre neighbors were hiding unbelievable 1.7kReads8.9Score14314d adds
- 193 I, a Crooked Merchant, Join the Chat Group 我，黑心商人，加入聊天群 Xiang Tian transmigrates to the Great Thousand World, where countless races thrive and planes converge. After awakening the God-Tier Jar System, he is wondering whether to become a shady merchant when... Ding! You are invited to join the Myriad Worlds chat group. Hongwu Emperor: I feel out of sorts if I go a day without opening a jar. Wu Yazi: So I could stand again, this shady merchant squeezed me dry... sob... The Most Beautiful Empress: I’ve decided to unify the world so I can open jars. Uncl 3.7kReads7.5Score16514d adds
- 194 From the Start, I Had an Inn That Astonished Cultivators Across the Myriad Worlds 开局一间客栈，震惊万界修士 Xiao Yu transmigrated to another world! He opened an inn, upgraded it into a hotel, then developed an entire commercial district! Everything here came with all kinds of special effects! Did cultivating in the rooms double your speed? Could the delicious food heal your injuries? Could that black stuff called coffee improve your aptitude? Powerful figures from all over flocked to the place! But whatever you do, don't cause trouble here! Because the owner is powerful! 5.2kReads7.7Score36014d adds
- 195 The Uncanny One 邪门儿 In the old days, bandit gangs had four pillars and eight posts. The foremost pillar was called the Heaven-Supporting Pillar, and its holder served as the gang's strategist. Since strategists tattooed goshawks on their chests, they were also known as Mountain-Circling Eagles. A Mountain-Circling Eagle is neither monk nor Daoist, yet can discern yin and yang, communicate with spirits, and foretell fortune and misfortune. Neither immortal nor shaman, yet can cast talismans, drive out evil spirits, 1.5kReads8.6Score15614d adds
- 196 The First-Eye Feng Shui Master 第一天眼风水师 This is not your typical feng shui story. If that bothers you, please move along. Inside you’ll find the most terrifying human demons and ghosts, horrifying infant spirits, bewitching female ghosts, thousand-year-old flood dragons, and even a ghastly face that will make your heart race... There are no tired formulas here, so be patient. The further you read, the better it gets… The story begins on the day I was born. On the day of my birth, every last one of the chickens and ducks my family k 17.9kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 197 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 5.5kReads9.0Score38814d adds
- 198 The Apocalypse Supplier 末世供货商 The apocalypse arrived. While everyone else either hid at home or tried to escape, one person went around trying to sell little trinkets. “Hey, handsome, you have a refined face and an extraordinary build. I've got a Power Pill here. Take it, and you'll instantly gain superhuman strength. Don't worry, it's cheap. It'll only cost you ten years of your life.” “No! Get lost!” “Beautiful, don't rush off. This dress would look perfect on you. Put it on, and no monster will be able to hurt you. The pr 1.1kReads7.2Score10114d adds
- 199 Eerie Descent: Nobody on the Subway Is Human 诡异降临：地铁里都不是人 [!!! NOT A POWER FANTASY !!!] [No golden finger + No Romance + No Leveling Up + No Items + No System] [Infinite Flow + Mystery and Horror + Every Character Is Smart] Important warning: If you are riding the subway right now, be sure to check underneath your seat and make sure there isn’t a corpse lying there! A mysterious subway train, with eighteen stops along its route. At every stop, the passengers must face a bizarre instance! A cruise ship sailing alone across the sea, with nowhere to dock 3.8kReads7.3Score66514d adds
- 200 The Haunted Houses I’ve Experienced 我经历的凶宅 The older generation often says that people who die violent deaths cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Their souls endlessly haunt the places where they died, seeking substitutes. Only then can they be reborn. That’s why we often hear in the news about car crashes that keep happening at certain locations. Sometimes the place isn’t even a proper intersection, yet terrible accidents leave cars wrecked and people dead. Some streams aren’t even as deep as a person is tall, yet every year there 2.1kReads8.9Score19914d adds
