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- 1 Northeast Dragon and Phoenix Hall: This Spirit Medium Is a Little Unhinged 东北龙凤堂，这个弟马有点癫 The Ma family of the Northeast practices an occupation steeped in mystery. I've been at it from the age of fifteen to twenty-five: ten years honing my craft, though I haven't exactly honed it quickly. This book will be updated as things happen, and I'll share some of my experiences from these years. Discussion is welcome. Here's the important part!!! To anyone who wants to hurl insults: you definitely won't win that contest with me. To anyone who disparages the profession: go ahead. Things reall 190Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Corpse Soul's Lost Spirit 尸魂落魄 I bought a human-body mannequin on Taobao. The seller had clearly gone to a lot of trouble, because what arrived was a living corpse... 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Villa's Female Ghost 别墅女鬼 [The protagonist isn’t human; female ghosts appear frequently in the later chapters] In the pitch-black villa, the computer suddenly turned on and began playing eerie music. A figure outside the window was beckoning to him… She had come… Her body was dripping wet, she wore a long dress stained red with blood, her hair was unevenly cut, and her face was covered in knife wounds and maggots… She would punish everyone who had bullied her. She wanted them all to die horribly. What did the f 20Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 4 The Human Sacrifice Grounds 人牲场 [High-Stakes Finale + Short Thriller Stories + No Main Plotline + Crime + Shocking Twists] “A collection of chilling stories that will make your hair stand on end”: A traveling opera troupe vanishes in a remote village. Does a mysterious fire conceal a sinister ritual? Why are the residents of a remote mountain village beating a bride with clubs like zombies? The “Retirement Home” built on a graveyard is always filled with strange noises. … You think you're the diner, but you're actually the mea 3Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 5 The Old Residential Compound: The Loop 老小区：循环 Old Residential Complex: Loop —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Day I Became an Immortal 成仙日 [Chinese Horror] + [Chinese-Style Apocalypse] + [Religious Sects] + [Daoist Studies] + [High-Quality, Handcrafted] + [No Filler, Every Plot Thread Resolved] ﹂ Question: If it were truly possible to become an immortal in this world, and you knew how, what would you do? Answer: Become immortal! ﹂ The survey ended, and two sets of numbers appeared on the screen. "Number who chose immortality: 7,869,751,235" "Number who didn't want immortality: 83,588" Lin Ye put away his phone and looked toward —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Dream in the River of Time 我在时间长河里做梦 My name is Lin Han, and I wander through the river of time. I have a mute friend and an old acquaintance who is blind. And one cheerful person, and one aloof person. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Return to the Desolate Village 荒村归来 The Return to the Barren Village begins six months after The Barren Village Apartment was published. I receive a bizarre-looking reply card from a fan club, with a strange circle drawn in the name field. At the same time, I get a desperate text from Su Tianping, a college student and one of the survivors who returned from the Barren Village. At his home, I find the exact same circle drawn on his window. The ancient village is clearly involved, and the Liangzhu curse may still be unbroken. In Su —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 9 Short Horror Stories for Bedtime 睡前恐怖短故事 Are you sure you want to open this book? Hush... Listen. Something is whispering in the darkness. This collection features spine-chilling horror stories that will take you into a world full of the unknown and the terrifying: Warning: This book contains horror, suspense, supernatural, and other elements. Read with caution. If you're easily frightened, read during the day and make sure someone is with you. Are you ready? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Dragon-Locking Coffin 锁龙棺 I have all five yin aspects, yet my allotted years are cut short. Every day, I wear burial clothes. The moment I take them off, one strange and eerie thing after another begins to happen... 133Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 11 The Graveyard's Ghostly Wails 鬼哭坟 On the seventh night after Grandma's death, I was forced to keep vigil beside her grave. Half asleep, I heard scratching against the coffin from beneath the earth. Terrified, I ran home, only to find Grandma sitting on the kang, smiling at me. “Good grandson, Grandma forgot to put on her shoes. My feet are cold.” 750Reads—Score10014d adds
- 12 The Uncanny Way of Sorcery 诡道术法 My name is Feng Yetian. I'm an orphan, and I've never seen my parents. My grandmother raised me all by herself. But this year, my grandmother disappeared, and everyone in the village vanished too. To find them, I began studying the books my grandmother had left in the underground cavern. And so I became a Gui Master, rejected by the world! 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 A Food Courier's Path to Exorcism 外卖员的驱邪之路 Can you believe that Yu, the legendary Great Yu who tamed the floods, has become a delivery driver thousands of years later? And his time-crossing encounter with Nüjiao, daughter of the Tushan clan, is all the more heartbreaking! Follow the growth of a delivery driver across a thousand years! Was it fate, or a plan four thousand years in the making?! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Fox Immortal Is Coming for Me Tonight 今晚狐仙来找我 The Fox Spirit Is Coming to See Me Tonight —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Terror in Fengmen Village: The Red-Clad Bride's Curse 封门村惊魂:红衣新娘的诅咒 Terror at Fengmen Village: The Red-Clad Bride's Curse 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Might Be Mentally Ill 我可能是个精神病患者 [The story starts at a leisurely pace. Once the setting has been established, things really take off] Birth, school, romance, work, marriage, buying a home, retirement, death. Do you live an ordinary life in one of these corners? Do you really know this world? Have you seen the truth? Is death truly the final shore? An ancient saying: Only those who endure the trials without recklessness, without injury, and without faltering will finally glimpse the end of the world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Terror Descends: I’m a Ghost-Spirit Mortician 恐怖降临：我是诡灵入殓师 [Horror incidents + terrifying monsters] No System, not a power fantasy! [Desperate survival + strategic mind games] Supernatural abilities, and no one acts stupid! Horror descends, and spirits return. Urban legends become reality, and horrific death cases emerge one after another. Human centipedes, human-faced bone spiders, beauty pigs, owl demons, and more... Unknown frightening creatures (UMAs) lurk in the city. Behind the malicious, terrifying conspiracies, spirits are pulling the strings. D —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Old Apartment Complex: The Strange Dream 老小区：诡异梦境 The Old Residential Compound: Eerie Dreams —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Supernatural Tales: Twenty Years as a Spirit Medium 灵异怪谈：出马二十年 The Great Immortal takes his place, and sinister forces lurk in haunted lands! When I was 19, my parents laid out a banquet for ghosts, inviting a living corpse and the Eight Great Immortal Clans. For the next twenty years, I relied on my craft of raising ghosts and posing as a Great Immortal to make my way in the spirit-medium trade. I kept company with ghosts and monsters, consorted with wild immortals, and crossed blades with strange and dangerous people, always with my life on the line. 83Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 20 I'm Broke, Why Should I Be Afraid of Ghosts? 我穷鬼，岂会怕鬼？ [Goofy] [Funny] [Irreverent] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Hop in] [No System] [A fish that slipped through nine years of compulsory education] Wang Ling landed a job paying 18,000 yuan a month as a security guard at a private hospital. On his first day, he was left completely stunned! Each floor of the hospital's inpatient wing had a special passage enshrining one of the underworld's yin deities. The morgue even had butcher's knives inexplicably lying around. Wang Ling put up with all of that. Then 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 After Beating the Gods and Demons Game, I Started Playing Horror Games 通关神魔游戏的我玩起了恐怖游戏 After clearing a gods-and-demons game in another parallel world, Qin Zhen acquires countless divine and demonic bloodlines and transmigrates to a world overrun by horror games. When Qin Zhen enters a horror game, its terrifying, blood-soaked world begins to change. A certain evil spirit lord: “I am the king of ten thousand ghosts. All ghosts obey my command!” Qin Zhen opens his Nether God’s Eye. “Are you sure?” A certain vampire grand duke: “I can take the form of a blood bat and devour everythi 1Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 22 Livestream: Is It Really So Strange for a Taoist Priest Like Me to Know Magic? 直播：我一个道士会道术很合理吧 [Livestreaming + System + Pets + Urban Fantasy + Supernatural Invasion = ?] Chen Chuan transmigrates to a world on the brink of a supernatural invasion, becoming a Taoist priest with a temple from the start and binding himself to a live-streaming System for saving the world. To prepare for the crisis that may be coming, Chen Chuan begins his daily livestreams. “Daoist, why can your husky do kung fu?” “Daoist, you say you can’t use magic, so what’s that ball of lightning in your palm?” “Daoist, y 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Became a Yin-Yang Master's Disciple at Seven and Read the Signs in Northeast China 七岁拜师阴阳先生，我在东北看事 When I was seven, my fate was rewritten. Something evil had entered our home, so I became a disciple of Liu Ye, a folk master. From the start, I ran into a rat spirit, and my mother was cursed with a Gu from the Miao borderlands. At seven, I became his apprentice and braved the supernatural dangers of Northeast China. From then on, I went from village to village, reading fortunes, dispelling curses, guiding souls, and capturing ghosts. Haunted houses in mountain villages, strange happenings in g 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Recipient After Death 死后收件人 I'm a courier for a residential complex. Since last month, I've been receiving packages addressed to the dead. An empty apartment building, recipients whose accounts were closed long ago, parcels that no one ever claims. The property manager says I'm seeing things. My coworkers say I've been cursed. The police checked every security camera, but say everything looks normal. That is, until I opened the first package for a dead person. Inside was only a note: [You're next.] 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Book of a Hundred Immortals: My Backer Is the Top Immortal in the Realm 百仙谱：我的靠山是仙界榜首 [Female-lead growth + First work about a cultivator] The Horse-Welcoming Immortal (A Biographical Collection of Shamanic Figures) · Supernatural and Folk Events “My own mother sent me off to be sacrificed. That vicious woman really went too far!” “He was the last drop of honey in my parched heart.” “As long as I can be with my godfather, I don’t care where we go.” “I crave the warmth of my godfather. He promised me forever…” “All the sweetness of the past has become a bone-scraping blade, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 King of Destiny Arts 命术之王 The year I was born, a fire took my parents’ lives. A black-furred weasel rescued me from the flames. My grandfather said I was born under a deadly curse, with three calamities following close behind. So I devoted myself to mastering the arts of fate and divination, overcoming the three calamities, severing the Heavenly Dao, and defying heaven to change my fate. 185Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 27 The Realm’s Boundaries 域界之方圆 The path of cultivation has always defied heaven itself. As for the strange, unknown things encountered by spirit mediums, which science and the naked eye cannot explain, how can they be dismissed in just a few words? I’ve been reading the signs through incense for nine years. Along the way, I’ve tasted every kind of joy and sorrow, experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature, and seen plenty of scheming and rivalry. I’ve read so many stories that I’ve come to disagree with some of them, 33Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 28 My Years of Catching Demons 我捉妖那些年 “Jinqu of Jinling is a blessed sanctuary for cultivating the truth, a sacred realm where one may become divine. Paper effigies guarding temples, corpses and ghosts possessing the living, using a grandmaster’s name as a pretext to suppress ghosts and drive out evil spirits: during my years hunting demons, I witnessed the true secret arts of Taoism, passed down only to a select few! The rise and fall, secrets, and scandals of Taoist sects such as the Maoshan Sect, the Zhengyi Sect, the Shenxiao Se 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Tales from the Countryside 农村趣闻 A young Taoist priest in a mountain village travels across the land with a chicken and a dog, encountering extraordinary people and strange happenings, yet always holding fast to the justice in his heart. He has a master, and yet it's as if he doesn't. 4Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 30 Forbidden Livestream 禁忌直播间 When you open this book, The Forbidden Livestream, you may not believe that its story is based on real events! An allegedly unsolvable horror forum, a hapless programmer crushed by the 996 work schedule, and a third-rate female student detective who considers herself first-rate. What dazzling sparks will fly when all of them come together? Thriller or mystery? Human or supernatural? Be careful! Because from this point on, every step you take will keep you on the edge of your seat! 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 In the Blood Moon World, I Became a God with My Wild Imagination! 人在血月世界，我直接脑洞成神！ (All kinds of eerie phenomena + Blood Moon world + invincible protagonist + awakened supernatural abilities + evolution + wild imagination + mystery + fantasy world) After receiving a blood-red invitation, Luo Qi is transported to the Blood Moon world and awakens a mysterious power of imagination. From the start, his imagination makes him godlike. He gains immortality, the ability to summon anything, teleportation, control over fire, storage space, and more. This Blood Moon world is teeming w 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Black Cat Crosses the Coffin on the Night of Return 还魂夜黑猫过棺 The Black Cat Crosses the Coffin on the Night of the Return —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Haunted House Sleep Tester 凶宅试睡师 Houses where murders or suicides have occurred are known as haunted houses. Any property in a prime location that is being sold at an unusually low price has seen some kind of major accident. To put buyers’ minds at ease, the owners spend a fortune hiring the industry’s top sleep testers to debunk rumors about the haunted houses and resolve the sinister, uncanny events within them. Lin Fei, a poor nobody, stumbles into the sleep-testing business and uncovers the secrets behind one haunted house 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Kidnapping a Female Ghost from the Start 开局拐卖女鬼 Congratulations! You successfully sold a ghost infant to an orphanage. Ghost trafficking points +1,000. Congratulations! You successfully sold a female ghost to a nightclub. Ghost trafficking points +5,000. Congratulations! You successfully sold a Ghost King to a mine... The world underwent a cataclysm, and terror returned. More and more strange entities began appearing in the human world. Ye Tian transmigrated into this world and was lucky enough to awaken the Ghost Trafficker System. As long a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Old House's Vengeful Ghost 老宅鬼魅戾影 The Vengeful Ghosts of the Old House —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Folk Sorcery 乡野诡术 My fate is ruled by the Seven Killings star, and I was born with a short life. Before adulthood, I face a calamity every year. The eighteenth year is the most perilous, known as the Life-and-Death Tribulation. My grandfather took seventeen calamities for me, but he died before my Life-and-Death Tribulation arrived. Before he breathed his last, he took away seventeen paper figures. They are my karmic retribution... 143Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 37 My Sister-Obsessed Guardian: Becoming a God in a World of the Uncanny 护妹狂魔我在诡异世界封神 [Gory violence + System + dungeons + no female lead + no saintly do-gooder + slow burn + global livestream + doting big brother] Chen Mo: The bizarre world is supposed to be hell for humanity, right? But I always feel like they’re friendlier than humans. They’re not scheming or plotting against each other, and they’re completely open with me. Every one of them calls me Little Boss and scurries along behind me. I have no idea why. All the Ghost Kings: (ಥ﹏ಥ) As long as you’re happy, Your Highness 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 When I Was Born, I Had a Phoenix Crown on My Head and a Green Dragon Around My Waist 我出生时，头顶凤冠，青龙缠腰 My mother was born with a yin fate and was known as the Ghost Mother. She also had another, deeply mysterious identity, one that struck fear into both the spirit and human worlds. Later, my mother gave birth to me. On the day I was born, I wore a phoenix crown, and a green dragon coiled around my waist. The Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters… Yet Master Chen the Third, a feng shui expert, declared that this girl was destined to bring disaster! 5Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 39 You Want Me to Catch Ghosts? 你让我去抓鬼？ My name is Lin Fan. I'm twenty-two, and I graduated with a college diploma in marketing. While other graduates had job offers in hand and were charging ahead, I graduated straight into a pit of misery. I was two months behind on rent, my pockets were emptier than my face was clean, and my only possession was a beat-up electric scooter that clanked at the slightest touch and looked ready to fall apart at any moment. Five yuan per delivery. I raced around in the wind and sun, but I couldn't plug t 41Reads—Score21514d adds
- 40 The Coffin Bearer 压棺人 Carriage duty, also known as sitting on the coffin, means that when a funeral procession takes a body to its burial site, someone must ride on top of the coffin all the way up the mountain. But not every coffin is fit to sit on. I agreed to ride on one to help someone out, never expecting it to bring me trouble... 530Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 41 Before the Strange Things Begin 在一切诡异之前 [Supernatural resurgence + horror + no System + semi-infinite survival + no saintly protagonist + not dark + no female lead] When ghosts invaded reality, a group of survivors gained the protection of the “Rules.” They became employees of the “Rules,” and to keep enjoying their protection, they had to complete tasks. But the power of the “Rules” was limited... I didn't really care about any of that. I didn't want to bother figuring out what was the cause and what was the effect. So what if this w 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Paranormal Invasion? I've Got Big Shots from the Ghost Realm Protecting Me 诡异入侵？我有鬼界大佬罩着我 (Bandit + supernatural + sly schemer + nearly invincible + irreverent protagonist + no female lead) Why do mournful wails keep echoing from a desolate mountain village in the middle of the night? Why do strange noises keep coming from an unfinished high-rise? As one eerie incident after another unfolds... Human society begins to fall into turmoil, slowly entering an age of the supernatural! This is the story of a bandit's rise, told in a lighthearted, comedic style. The blurb doesn't do it justi 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Uncanny Path: Invasion of the Aliens 诡道：异形入侵 Aliens + ghosts + demons + parasites + lurking horrors. Maximum terror! The protagonist comes down from the mountain to investigate aliens and ghosts, honing his Daoist arts in real combat. Chapters 1–12 focus on aliens. From Chapter 13 onward, the story combines evil ghosts and aliens. Later, certain aliens will transform into demons, but the sense of oppression and the level of danger will stay just as high. The sect is the Hidden Immortal Sect, founded by Laozi’s disciple. Its history can be 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Debt of Wrongful Death 枉死债 Debt of an Unjust Death —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Ghosts of Linjiang Middle School 临江鬼中 Through a twist of fate, Li Qingfan became one of the 24th batch of pathfinders sent into the horror game River City Ghost School. A faceless girl, a secret letter by the bed, a blood moon falling from the sky... Every one of these things threatened the players’ lives. With the System’s help, Li Qingfan battled his way through, using cutting-edge technology to challenge the supernatural. In the end, he escaped with his life and destroyed River City Ghost School. Note: The author will not explain —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Case Files of the Dead: A Battle of Wits with the Deceased 尸案调查簿：与死人的较量 Chen Duo, an undertaker burdened by the bloody death of a loved one; Li Xiaoxin, a forensic doctor with a devil hidden in her heart; Wang Feifei, a boxer drifting through life in a daze; and Zhang Ting, a businessman skirting the edge of hell. Four people with secrets of their own search for the final truth about every corpse they encounter. Walking alongside the dead, they expose the shadowy underside of crime, but must also confront their own pasts. Between the living and the dead, who is the 66Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 47 Livestream: Can Telling Stories Really Make You a Savior? 直播：讲故事就可以成为救世主？ [Livestream]+ [Protecting Family]+ [Supernatural Revival] After an accident, Wang Zi'an transmigrated to another world where people knew almost nothing about the supernatural. From then on, he began an extraordinary life: Who knew you could make hundreds of thousands, even millions, a day from livestreaming by telling just a few stories? As Wang Zi'an told more and more stories, the other world's appetite for supernatural horror grew. Even stranger, people began encountering supernatural and ter 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 My Immortal House’s Male Pet 我的仙家男宠 A celestial bond spanning three hundred years, and a redemption that reverses the balance of yin and yang. Yuyao, a high school senior, has been tormented since childhood by strange dreams: a ruined celestial shrine, five imprisoned immortals, and a silver-armored general who always protects her in moments of danger. She thought they were just stress-induced hallucinations. But after her grandmother dies, she inherits a notebook and a key, and learns that she is a fated “spirit medium,” destine 5Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 49 The Eerie End 诡异终焉 Do you believe there are monsters in this world above? Amid the surging sea of humanity, the strange invade reality, and you and I will eventually become something inhuman.-----Here are story after story of inhuman beings struggling to survive. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Ghost Tattoo Seal, Forbidden Arts of the Yellow Springs 鬼纹印，黄泉禁术 From the start, he was bound in marriage to a ghost. After a series of twists and turns, he met a master. To stay alive, Yin Linchuan followed an old Taoist priest to catch ghosts and ward off evil, slaying demons and vanquishing monsters. From then on, he embarked on the path of catching ghosts and driving away evil... —Reads—Score—14d adds
