Novels like Horror Revival: I Can Devour and Evolve
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- 1 Endless Return to the Underworld 无尽归冥 There are no gods in this world, only ghosts. Ghosts can’t be killed; only ghosts can fight ghosts. This is the story of Guìdeng Zhang Ping! Shh, there’s a figure behind you! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 I Can Devour Talents 我能吞噬天赋 Devour wondrous books and master divine powers. Reach up and pluck the moon; stamp your foot and shatter mountains and rivers. Master of the martial world, who else could it be but me? One day, Liu Hao awakens to a miraculous talent and gains the power to devour myriad worlds and level up against the heavens. He swears that Heaven itself will not stop his hunger, no one will stand in the way of his will, and this world will never blind him! 296Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 3 The Ghost Handler's Notes 驭鬼者笔记 Evil ghosts are rising, and the human world has become a living hell. Ghosts cannot be killed. The only thing that can fight ghosts is another ghost. A college student named Mu Yang is caught up in a supernatural incident after an accident and becomes a ghost handler. But he discovers that supernatural events are erupting all over the world. Evil ghosts are rising: hanging ghosts, big-headed ghosts, ghost crows, underground ghosts, ghosts that hide among people... In this apocalypse ruled by gho —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Terror Returns, and I Am Hell’s Apostle 恐怖复苏，我为地狱使徒 [When night falls, the dead dare not cry; the plague ghost exhales, and the lantern flame turns green] [Evil spirits revive + the three laws of ghosts + apocalypse + no saintly heroine + no female lead] Where do evil spirits come from? The netherworld. Where does hell come from? Fear. As evil spirits revive, the human world becomes a living hell. In this age of the supernatural, there are no gods to protect the people. The only way to find a sliver of hope is to overcome fear and command evil sp —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Mystery Revival: The Ninth Generation of the Wang Family 神秘复苏：我是王家第九代 Vengeful ghosts have returned, and the human world is a living hell. One generation sinks into ruin, while the next rises in its place. Two hundred years after the supernatural was brought to an end… (Supernatural + horror + character growth + no female lead + no System) 463Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Horror Resurges: I Control the Book of Ghosts and Command Life and Death 恐怖复苏，我驾驭诡书，执掌生死 [Set in the world of Mysterious Revival] [No System] [No heroine] [Fast-paced] [Mild horror] [Original instances] My name is Cui Jue. In this world, evil spirits have revived and the paranormal runs rampant. I command a Ghost Codex, tread through ghostly domains, and search for a way to survive. When the people of this age call my true name, it will mean the paranormal era has finally come to an end! I went through life and death to get here. I'm not here to reason with you. Take them down! Take 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Mystery Revival: I Became the Lord of Oblivion 神秘复苏：我成了遗忘之主 My name is Zhang Yuan. I’m a transmigrator with incomplete memories. My ability is to modify rules, and the price is accelerated memory loss. Now I’ve become a “Ruinswalker.” In a wasteland of rules where countless worlds lie buried, I built a base called [Wayfarer’s Beacon] and took in a bunch of bizarre companions. We’d just managed to pry some secrets of space from an ancient ruin through a bit of trickery... I mean, with wisdom and courage, when we looked up and discovered that The entire un 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Horror Revival: The Ghost Child in My House Is Too Powerful 恐怖复苏：我家鬼童太强了 [Ghost-harnessing + lighthearted + no female lead] In the age of the supernatural, there was once a man who slaughtered countless ghosts, revered by the world as a god. The young protagonist encounters an S-rank supernatural entity, the Painted-Skin Ghost, from the start. One supernatural incident after another follows, leaving him nowhere to run. As ghosts return and the human world becomes a living hell, how can anyone survive? It takes exceptional courage, brilliant intelligence, unyieldin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Horror Revival: From the Start, I Have a Timid Ghost 恐怖复苏：开局一只胆小鬼 (No System + No Heroine + Global Ferocious Ghost Revival) In this age of the Five Turbidities, Hell is empty, ferocious ghosts are reviving, and the human world has become a living hell... By a stroke of fate, Mu Yu transmigrated with a cowardly ghost he had from the start and began his path as a ghost tamer... In this chaotic age, who will become the next legend: madmen, gamblers, geniuses, or ferocious ghosts? (Team Leader Yang and others may make guest appearances later on...) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Ghostly Fairy Tales: Starting with Controlling a Nightmare Ghost 鬼童话：从驾驭梦魇鬼开始 [Ferocious Ghost Revival] + [Slow Burn] + [Pure Romance] The Three Laws of Ferocious Ghosts: 1. Ghosts cannot be killed. 2. Understand the rules of a ghost. 3. Only a ghost can deal with a ghost. The “Nuo Ghost,” which can grant wishes about the future. The “Nightmare Ghost,” which can turn dreams into reality. The “Ghost Bride,” who harbors romantic fantasies. The “Ghost Knows,” a bridge between the future and the past, where truth and lies are impossible to distinguish. The terrify —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Divine Man Reborn: The End of the Age of Divine Men 神人苏生：终结神人时代 Godlike Rebirth: The End of the Godlike Era 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 From the Start, I Got a Heaven-Defying Cultivation Technique and Can Devour Anything 开局获得逆天功法，我能吞噬一切 What? Just breathing air means you don't have to eat? Eating dirt can make you stronger? Getting beaten can increase your strength? You can even devour anything? Isn't that a bit too ridiculous? And you can reach a state where nothing is beyond your ability? What does it mean to be capable of anything? Does it mean living on wind and dew, never hungry or thirsty? Or having skin like bronze and bones like iron, impervious to blades and spears? Or flying freely and wielding enough power t 87Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 13 Eternal Blaze: My Ghostfire Evolves Without Limits 永恒燃烧，我的诡火无限进化 [This rating doesn't reflect the effort I've put in. Please give the story a chance and read it.] [The protagonist is a boy at first, but will become an adult later] / [Pseudo-invincible] / [Powers used to fight evil spirits] / [I'll fix any logical inconsistencies] When death no longer means the end, the world will be turned upside down! In the post-supernatural era, the man who once brought the supernatural age to an end has vanished, and the world has fallen into turmoil once more. Qin Mi 16Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 14 Mythic Revival: Subduing the Supernatural World 神话复苏：镇压灵异世界 Vengeful ghosts have risen, hell lies empty, and the human world has become a purgatory. After losing his memories for five years, Jiang Jiuli accidentally touches the strange brocade pouch his grandfather left behind. Hunted by evil spirits, he chooses to command ghosts in order to survive. A vengeful ghost enters his body, his memories return, and a forbidden plan to create a god begins to surface. From then on, he wields ghosts as weapons and traverses haunted realms, searching for the truth 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Mystery Revival: I Am Immortal 神秘复苏：我不死不灭 This is a world haunted by the paranormal. If you want to survive, your only choice is to control the most fearsome ghosts and stay alive! My name is Gu Fan. The living keep their distance, and the dead flee. I survived the paranormal resurgence. 9Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 16 SCP Foundation: I Devour Everything SCP基金会：我吞噬一切 Mo Yu transmigrates into the SCP Foundation and gains a Devouring System. He can devour the abilities of any anomaly, and every anomaly he encounters gets devoured! 22Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 17 Endless Slaughter: From the Start, I Can Devour Everything 无尽杀戮：开局我能吞噬一切 [Urban + Superpowers + System + Slaughter] A beam of white light descends, and people all over the world enter a world of slaughter at the same time. The United States, Japan, China, and a hundred other nations vie for supremacy! When Jiang Feng opens his eyes, he discovers that he has awakened the top-tier SSS-rank talent: Devour! He can devour anything in the world of slaughter! [Ding! Successfully devoured the Explosive talent!] [Ding! Successfully devoured the Ice talent!] [Ding! Successfull 35Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 18 Villain: From the Start, I Steal the Protagonist's Grandpa 反派：开局抢了主角老爷爷 From the start, he had a Kun, and leveling up depended entirely on devouring! After accidentally being reborn in another world, Jiang Hao became a villain without a golden finger. But he awakened a companion spirit Kun that could devour anything. From then on, he devoured the protagonist’s old mentor, the protagonist’s companion spirit, and the protagonist’s System. As for the protagonist’s beautiful master… he stole her! The protagonist’s golden finger without a golden finger? That’s my golden 3Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 19 The Third Book by Returning Veteran 老兵归来的第3本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Mystery Revival: Tales from the Republican Era 神秘复苏：民国传 In 1937, warlords clashed and the land was strewn with starving corpses. Even more terrifying than the man-made calamities was the supernatural resurgence silently spreading across the land. Lu Yan, a boy fleeing famine, found a blackened wooden carrying pole in a pile of corpses. It couldn’t carry grain; all it could carry were vicious ghosts. “Only ghosts can fight ghosts.” Lu Yan discovered that hanging vicious ghosts of comparable danger on either end of the pole created a strange balance in 280Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 21 Eerie Revival: Call Me Lord Yang Jian! 诡异复苏：请叫我杨戬大人！ The supernatural is returning, and strange incidents are happening everywhere. Terrifying balloons shaped like human heads. The chilling cries of a baby. An old man searching for his head, a bride in red searching for her embroidered shoes… Once they find the missing pieces they seek, their presence becomes even more terrifying! An abandoned old mansion. A towering, terrifying ghost that wipes out the headquarters’ strongest squad. As one urban legend after another becomes reality… The world sin 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 I Keep Getting Summoned from Beyond the Grave by Supernatural Rules 我在诡异规则中被反复招魂 [A touch of horror] + [survival by the rules] + [logic puzzles] + [ensemble cast] + [Infinite Flow] Reality rots, the abyss engulfs the world. Rules are cages, and all living things are prisoners. When the King of Hell says you'll die at the third watch, who would dare keep you alive until the fifth? Chen Yan died. But he would rather have truly died. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a clay statue. When common sense fails and rules become blades that kill, the world is left with noth —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Eerie Revival: My Ghost Hand Can Suppress Everything 诡异复苏：我的诡手能压制一切 You've got terrible luck if you've opened this novel. Shh, stay quiet. The eerie has its eyes on you! It's begun... P.S. Not a feel-good story, no System, no female lead, eerie phenomena are returning. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Going Wild with Evolution, Starting as a Willow Tree 从柳树开始疯狂进化 When I woke up, I found that I had become a weak little willow tree! Luckily, I could evolve like crazy just by absorbing rain and dew. Ten drops of rain and dew could evolve me into a Rain Willow. Ten more drops of ghostly energy could turn me into a Netherworld Ghost Tree. Ten more drops of yin energy could make me a Yin Court Ghost Tree! ... From then on, a super willow tree appeared in the Primordial World, reaching up to pierce the skies and down to connect with the underworld. Even the Thr 38Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 25 Immortal Corpse Transformation Nest 尸解仙巢 [Immortal Supernatural Revival + Apocalypse + Oppressive Horror] Have you ever wondered whether humanity could withstand a one-sided slaughter when "immortals" descend upon Earth? These immortals have no feelings and kill everyone they see. At first, immortals comparable to Qi Refining cultivators appeared. They could kill an ordinary person with a single punch, but still couldn't withstand a point-blank shot to the head from a handgun. Next came Foundation Establishment immortals, flying lo 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Devouring the Emperor 吞噬帝尊 This is the story of a young human who uses a devouring System to become a revered cultivator and a demon, reigning supreme over the world. An invincible Spirit Dou God once declared, “I am invincible on this continent!” Fang Lang smiled. “Sorry, but I’ve already devoured your continent!” 202Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 27 Eerie Revival: The Full-Scale Counterattack 诡异复苏：全面反击 [Supernatural Revival + Paranormal + Wild Ideas + Horror + Plot-Driven + No Female Lead + Rules-Based Horror + Infinite Flow] When the supernatural once again resurged and invaded the real world, vengeful ghosts began roaming everywhere and killing people. The return of those capable of controlling and merging with vengeful ghosts would completely transform the world's balance of power. How could they turn things around? How could they find hope of survival in a world where life and death were u 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Revival of the Mysterious: A Balanced Paranormal Era 神秘复苏均衡灵异时代 There are thirty-six source ghosts in Mysterious Resurgence. In fact, these thirty-six source ghosts are thirty-six gods. For some reason, the gods died, but their divinity could not be destroyed. That is why the evil ghosts left behind cannot be destroyed, and can only act according to the laws the gods left behind. People broadly divide the struggle against the remaining ghosts into three eras: the era of supernatural disintegration, when ghosts were broken apart; the era of supernatural balan 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Mystery Revival: The Ghost Face 神秘复苏之鬼面 He had barely transmigrated into the world of Mysterious Revival when he found himself on a bus. Chen Ming was at his wit's end, but luckily he had a golden finger: his consciousness couldn't be affected by evil spirits and stripped of his humanity. He immediately became an anomaly. Follow Chen Ming as he controls evil spirits, creates clones, and brings the revival of evil spirits to an end. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Mystery Revival: Playing at Confering Divine Titles in the Modern World 诡秘复苏：我在现代玩封神 [Eerie Revival]+ [Supernatural Clashes]+ [Ghost Tamers] “There were no gods in this world. But when a ghost puts on human skin, it becomes a god.” At a crossroads in the dead of night, a white-clad malevolent ghost counts down as it reaps lives amid the traffic. A raffle box appears out of nowhere in a shopping mall, its contents a code for death. In front of an old country grave, a weasel bares a human mouth: “Tell me, countryman, do I look like a human or a god?” Those who answer “human” are s 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Evil Well 邪井 [Apocalyptic supernatural + horror and suspense + adventure and growth] The world changes. Humans and ghosts coexist, An evil, uncanny ancient well, A shy young man, The world grows corrupt, and a hundred ghosts revive. Will it bring salvation or destruction? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Eerie Revival: Commanding the Twin-Pupil Ghost from the Start 诡异复苏：开局驾驭重瞳鬼 [Supernatural resurgence + slow-paced + ruthless and decisive + the Three Laws of Evil Ghosts + no System + no female lead + not a saint] As the supernatural gradually resurges, human civilization proves utterly helpless before true horrors. Ghosts cannot be killed. Only ghosts can fight ghosts. Understanding the rules ghosts follow is the only way ordinary people can survive. My name is Lin Xiao. After a chance encounter, I became a ghost handler. I wield the power of evil ghosts, but I have al 109Reads—Score115Shelves
- 33 Horror Revival: The History Books Declare That I Must Die Today 恐怖复苏：史书断言朕今日必死 [Supernatural mystery + horror + light rule-based elements + decisive killing + smart characters + emperor + no System + court intrigue + no saintly protagonist + Lovecraftian horror] I am Zheng Jing. By the time you read this history, I will have been dead for several hundred years. I am Zheng Jing. I transmigrated from an apocalypse overrun with ghosts, and even after becoming the Son of Heaven, I could not escape being hunted by horrors. In the Directorate of Ceremonial, I found a strange his 37Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 34 Mystery Revival: I Grow Stronger by Devouring 神秘复苏：我吞噬就变强 [Passionate + global transformation + immensely satisfying] Spiritual qi revival, mystical arts emerging, all kinds of strange creatures appearing out of nowhere... Beasts gain sentience, evil spirits devour people, and flood dragons rise. Humanity awakens all kinds of superpowers: some become cranes and soar through the heavens, others wield earth powers to pile soil into mountains, while the Nine Swords of Dugu can break all techniques with a single strike. Chu Heng: “Why is mine a zombie??? A 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Eerie Revival: As a Baby, I Tame the Incense Ghost 诡异复苏之婴儿的我驾驭香火鬼 [Horror Resurgence + Controlling the Supernatural + Not a Power Fantasy + No Female Lead + All Nations as Enemies + Saving the World] Three-year-old Zhang Bainren was attacked by a vengeful ghost, but thanks to his fate, he accidentally gained control of an Incense Ghost! The good news: he survived to adulthood! The bad news: when he was eighteen, his uncle Jiang Yu disappeared while dealing with the S-grade Ghost Funeral Bell incident! So Zhang Bainren, who had been introduced to the ghost-tami 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Mystery Revival: Strange Sights Across the World 神秘复苏：诡见天下 After his soul unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by evil spirits, Chen Yi found himself in a hellish scenario from the start. A vast domain of ghostly blue fog, a translucent ghost that kills anyone it sees. With no golden finger, watch him search for hope in despair, find hope in a hopeless world, create it, and become hope itself! #Cautious #NotSelf-Righteous #NotAdoormat #FewScenesForTheFemaleSupportingCharacters An unofficial fanfic with an original plot set in a paralle 32Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 37 Joking Ghost Tangtang's First Book 玩笑鬼堂堂的第1本书 390Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 38 I Can Devour Every Talent 我能吞噬万物天赋 [An entry in the January 2020 Silver Ticket Contest] In an age of spiritual qi revival, awakening has become commonplace. Gu Yan awakened too, but his talent was far too overpowered. He could devour other people's awakened abilities, and as he kept devouring them, his own talent became top-tier. He also gained one supernatural ability after another from other people. Your awakened ability is powerful? In the next second, it's mine! Elemental, mental, control, strength... If you can use it, so ca 293Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 39 Talent: I Can Devour Billions of Secret Manuals 天赋：我能吞噬亿万秘籍 Spiritual qi revival brings the rise of martial arts. In an era when everyone practices martial arts, Luo Feng is astonished to discover that he has awakened a special ability. As long as he spends kidney essence, he can manifest the cultivation manuals from novels as illusory golden books. Then he can devour and fuse them, making their powers his own. Marrow-Cleansing Scripture! Northern Darkness Divine Art! Immovable Wisdom King Seal! … Heavenly Emperor Scripture! Divine Elephant Suppressing P 3.1kReads6.8Score136Shelves
- 40 The Endless Haunting: I Will End the Age of the Supernatural 无间诡异，我要终结灵异时代 [Not saintly + supernatural rules + original evil spirits + no mindless decisions + evil spirits’ resurgence + descent into darkness] “My name is Wang Ye. By the time you read this, I’ll already be dead.” A sheet of human-skin paper, a monster born from a supernatural experiment, a clash between the eerie and reality, and a sandbox game played by a group of lofty gods. This is the story of one who became a ruler... Titles: Human-Skin Paper and the Ghost Eater / The Endless Supernatural, I’ll End 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 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—Shelves
- 42 Eerie Revival: I Can Control Ghosts Perfectly 诡异复苏：我能完美驭鬼 [Ghost Stories + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy + System. Stick with it for fifty chapters. If it doesn’t make you laugh, come take me down.] When his beautiful landlady was stalked by a ghost baby, Jiang Ping obtained the Perfect Ghost-Taming System. What? As long as a ghost’s Fear Rating reaches one hundred, I can tame it perfectly? To stay alive and make money, Jiang Ping put his veterinary skills to use treating ghosts. “Your eyeballs are way too ugly. I’ll take them out for you. I’ll replace them wi 156Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Mystery Revival: The Terrifying Child 神秘复苏：恐怖小孩 [No System + not a power fantasy + no male lead + no brainless decisions + no saintly heroine + fast-paced] The blood moon sheds no light, and the world is forever dark. Sorrowful cries fill the land, while ghosts roam through the night. She lost everything: the shelter where she barely got by, her last remaining family member, even any hope of survival... She gained a ghost, a terrifying evil spirit whose only purpose was to kill. She would survive, carrying on for her brother too, struggling t 3.3kReads8.0Score321Shelves
- 44 I Stumbled into the Ghost Realm, and Now the Ghost Wants to Merge with Me? 误入鬼域，结果鬼竟要与我融合？ [High-octane opening + terrifying ghosts return + global paranormal phenomena + horror and suspense + no brainless plot or System] There is one iron law in the supernatural world: only ghosts can deal with ghosts. A mysterious passage opens, and paranormal phenomena erupt across the globe. I seem to have a constitution that attracts ghosts... [Class A Paranormal Incident!]: A red glow that makes the heart race shines from black clouds that have appeared in the sky for no reason. Everyone beneath 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The First Book by Jinye Guanlan 烬夜观澜的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 540Reads—Score111Shelves
- 46 Mystery Revival: I Could Devour Vengeful Ghosts from the Start 神秘复苏：开局就能吞厉鬼 I transmigrated into the world of Mysterious Revival, which was bad luck enough. But then I found out that a ravenous, terrifying evil spirit had taken up residence inside me! The chill in my marrow and the hunger deep in my soul tormented me for an entire year! Then one day, a terrifying evil spirit came to my door. Just as I thought I was doomed, the 'thing' inside me erupted, tore open my chest, and devoured the spirit alive! That's when I realized I wasn't haunted by a ghost. I was... livi 34Reads5.3Score194Shelves
- 47 Eerie Revival: I Took Control of a Ghostly Brain 诡异复苏：我驾驭了鬼脑 [The rating just came in, so it’s a little low. It’ll go up later] [Supernatural resurgence + ghost controllers + no female lead + the three laws of ghosts + not fanfiction (forced to revise)] Ghosts cannot be killed. Only ghosts can fight ghosts, and every ghost has its own rules. In this age of the Five Turbidities, hell lies empty. The supernatural has returned, and the human world has become a living hell. The only way to survive is to control the supernatural and become a ghost controller. 9.1kReads5.7Score936Shelves
- 48 Starting as Taotie, I Devour My Way to Evolution 从饕鬄开始吞噬进化 Nine thousand years ago, Yun Xi arrived at the Path to Enlightenment Peak with his dog in his arms. Sixty years later, his master ascended. Three hundred years after that, his dog Wangcai ascended too. In nine thousand years, he has failed to overcome tribulation ten times and remains stuck at the Tribulation Transcendence stage. Yet by chance, he obtains the legacies of the Ten Great Primordial Fiends, including Kunpeng, Taotie, Canglong, and Wangyue, and gains all their abilities. He has been 287Reads7.2Score102Shelves
- 49 Devouring the Divine Realm 吞噬神域 Li Tianze transmigrates to another world and awakens the Devouring Divine Meridian. Peerless combat skills, heaven-defying bloodlines, ancient divine weapons, inherited cultivation arts... He can devour everything under heaven! “Sorry, but I’ll gladly accept everything you all hold dear!” 21Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 50 The Supernatural Returns, and I Commanded the Ghostly Rain 灵异复苏，我驾驭了鬼雨 [The rating just came in, and it'll rise later]+ [No System]+ [Ordinary Person from the Start]+ [Joins the Authorities]+ [Ghost-Taming in Chapter Five] “Ghosts cannot be killed.” “Only ghosts can fight ghosts.” “Vengeful ghosts act according to their own specific rules for killing.” A sudden downpour in a villa district, a Taoist with a palmful of copper coins: they opened the door to the supernatural world for Su Xuan. The Happy Neighborhood, a corpse turning its head, footsteps that did not e 4.5kReads5.6Score388Shelves
