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- 1 The Ghost Party I Experienced for Myself 亲身经历过的“阿飘派对” A firsthand account of an “Afterlife Party” 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Eerie Groom 诡异新郎官 My family kept a fox immortal spirit on its altar. Then one day, I received a gift from my grandfather, and finally succeeded in summoning a fox spirit to be my husband! A thousand years of karma, one servant and one master. As long as you're here, I will follow you forever. 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Ancestral Secret Arts: I Alone Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 祖传秘术：我一人镇百鬼 In 1999, on the eve of the new century, a young man named Lu Ming drowned during a bizarre outing to the countryside. Yet his soul did not depart. Instead, it was drawn by a mysterious force back to his old home in a remote mountain village. He discovered that this seemingly ordinary ancestral home was actually a secret base belonging to the Yin-Yang Lu Clan, a family whose secrets had been passed down for generations. The Lu family were reclusive heirs to arts such as divination, exorcism and t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Spirit-Boned Snake Immortal 灵骨蛇仙 [Domineering, ruthless Snake-Bone Immortal x unlucky, resilient, clever young bride] (Mystery + supernatural deduction + doting romance + sweet and angsty moments + little demon-hunting adventures + more or less a marriage-first, love-later story) I was born in an ancient village steeped in mysterious legends. In a cave there lay a huge coiled snake skeleton, worshipped like a god by the people after a century of offerings. When I was barely a teenager, my greedy father sold me to the Snake-Bone 54Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 5 I Am a Young Master of the Tang Dynasty 我乃大唐公子 A remote ancient town seals away a thousand-year-old ghost. When I set foot in this land, the seal breaks, and a tragic love spanning a thousand years begins. “Hello, young master.” “Goodbye, young master.” 156Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 6 The Dragon-Taming Bride 镇龙妻 [From home feng shui to esoteric arts, from attracting wealth and changing your fortune to reading faces and understanding people, improve your luck through the lens of metaphysics.] Fifty years ago, my grandfather forcibly pierced an underground dragon vein to find a feng shui treasure site, changing the fortunes and fate of our Zhou family. Fifty years later, a blood-soaked man showed up at our door, saying he wanted to marry into the Zhou family! The Nine Purple Li Fire cycle, the Witch’s Sun 301Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 7 My Fox Immortal Lord Keeps Blowing His Cover 我家狐仙大人总掉马 One rainy night, office worker Shen Yuyu rescues a badly injured little white fox, unaware that it's actually Jun Linyi, a fox immortal who has cultivated for a thousand years. To repay her kindness, Jun Linyi stays by Shen Yu's side, but mishaps abound as he repeatedly blows his cover. Their peaceful life is shattered by dark forces, and Shen Yu unexpectedly awakens a mysterious power. Together, they delve into the secrets of their past lives, with laughs and danger at every turn... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 This World Feels So Unreal 这个世界太不真实了 Also known as The Most Miserable Male Lead in History Two black-and-white doors, a strange journey across different times and worlds, and a terrifying conspiracy hidden behind it all. Will he save the world or destroy it? Wang Chunan, an utterly ordinary college sophomore, unexpectedly acquired two black-and-white doors capable of transporting him to other worlds during a baffling shooting incident. Through them, he glimpsed strange realms beyond the present world. Gradually, he seemed to become 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Fox Immortal Descends: A Cursed Fox's Fate 狐仙降世：诡命狐缘 On the day she was born, a blind old fortune-teller declared that Bai Xiao was destined to a life of extreme yin: “This girl won’t live past eight. At eighteen, she’ll be beset by a hundred ghosts and meet certain death.” She refused to believe him and stubbornly made it to eighteen. But the year she turned eighteen, she watched with her own eyes as her grandmother climbed out of her coffin, intending to bury her alive and take her along as a funeral offering… “Xiao Xiao, come with Grandma…” As 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Snake Scales All Over the Bed 蛇鳞满床 (A heroine who grows over time + a villainous male lead + love and hate intertwined + not for naive readers + not a sweet romance + open ending + don't read if you don't like thinking things through + anyone who leaves a malicious rating without reading the blurb and setting will lose all their good luck!!!) The day I was born, my mother stepped on a black snake and killed it, and its snake spirit took revenge on her relentlessly. To save my life, my grandfather went to beg the Snake Immortal fo 204Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 11 Marry the Phoenix, You! Go Cook Me a Couple of Dishes 嫁凤，你，去给我炒两个菜 [The heroine is clever, neither a saint nor an idiot. The hero isn’t aloof or short-tempered. Lots of jokes, a mutually faithful couple, happy endings for everyone, causes revealed after effects, no substitute trope, a little angst for the hero but none for the heroine, with a touch of past and present lives.] Warnings: The heroine is a strong woman with a feminist outlook, and there are lots of jokes. The romance between the leads has little to do with their past and present lives, but those li 210Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 12 Day Ghost, Night Husband 昼鬼夜夫 Falling in love with two souls sharing the same body: by day, he is cruel and domineering; at night, he is gentle and devoted. And could his secret really have everything to do with me? Through a series of mishaps, I became betrothed to a simple-minded man as a child. At first, I could barely hide my dislike. But little by little, I came to understand him, discovering tenderness and kindness in someone who didn’t seem particularly bright. When we reunited years later, the simple-minded boy had c 1.8kReads9.0Score15314d adds
- 13 Old Wei's Ghost Stories 老魏讲鬼故事 [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Events] [Submitted by Readers] [Chilling on Reflection] [Bizarre Tales] [Beyond the Bounds of Science] The eerie Buddha statue seen when mountaineers are trapped in a ghostly loop, a face appearing on the wall in the middle of the night, a “person” using their own head as a ball during evening study at school... I have always believed that horror stories should be short, sometimes ending on a cliffhanger, sometimes becoming 1.5kReads—Score10814d adds
- 14 Patroller of the Living World 阳间巡逻人 Stories of spirit babies have circulated in the countryside of Sichuan and Chongqing for generations. When a baby dies, its lingering resentment can turn it into a ghost. Spirit babies were most common during the height of the one-child policy. As a child, I fed crows, which left me with an unusually strong aura of yin. Spirit babies often mistook me for one of their own, so someone later raised a ghost to protect me. On top of that, I have to work for the Underworld Bureau just to stay alive. 506Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 15 A Snake Immortal for a Husband, Subduing a Hundred Ghosts 蛇仙为夫，镇百鬼 Our village had an unwritten rule: girls born in the Year of the Snake with a purely yin fate were chosen as brides by the Snake Immortal. On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the Year of the Snake, they had to be married off at the Snake Immortal Temple on the back mountain. Otherwise, disaster would befall the entire village. My elder sister was born with the rare Yin Snake fate, unseen in a century. Ever since she was born, Grandma had warned her never to have contact with men. Sh 1.2kReads7.5Score17814d adds
- 16 The Wicked Husband’s Seduction 邪夫撩人 I was born on the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival. From that day on, strange things kept happening in my village, and the people around me died one after another. To stay alive, I fled into the Dragon King Temple. When I came out, I found myself haunted by an invisible man... (Traditional supernatural horror + mind-bending mystery + realism) 164Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 17 I Heard of Strange Things That Year: Never Read This Late at Night 那年听闻怪事，千万别深夜翻看 These stories are adapted and fictionalized from various experiences shared by friends. They are written in an accessible style and make for a good way to unwind. A reminder: reject superstition. This is all imaginative fiction. Any similarities to real events are purely coincidental, so don't take it seriously! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Fox Seeks a Wife 狐讨妻 When I was born, I fell gravely ill. To save my life, my father sold me to a white-haired fox. Fifteen years later, the fox came to collect its debt and demanded I repay it by becoming its disciple. From then on, I began encountering all kinds of bizarre things I could never have imagined. I thought the fox and I had nothing more than a simple debt to settle, but later I discovered a shocking secret hidden beneath it all. 401Reads9.0Score10014d adds
- 19 Bound by the Snake Husband 蛇夫缠 My life belongs to a snake. From the day I was born, Grandma sold me to a snake. I grew up sleeping in a coffin with snake skin, living as a freak. For the sake of that snake, Grandma taught me to be a shaman healer and save others, though I could never save myself. It wasn’t until I received my first patient on the day I came of age that I finally learned what Grandma and the snake had traded… 649Reads8.5Score10214d adds
- 20 On My Wedding Day, the Fox King and Snake Lord Both Forced Me to Marry Them 我出嫁当天，狐王蛇君齐逼嫁 When I was fifteen, I went to the river to bathe and encountered a huge white snake. That very night, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, I was paralyzed from head to toe, and my belly swelled as if I were ten months pregnant. After three years of paralysis, I became a cripple everyone despised. Just as my parents were worrying every day that I’d never find a husband, a man as beautiful as a celestial being volunteered to marry me. He was willing not only to wed me but a 1.7kReads8.8Score25014d adds
- 21 A Life-and-Death Pact Between the King of Hell and Me 我和冥王的生死契约 "Half mystery + half comedy + the worlds of yin and yang + a male lead who is a cunning, devoted deity of the underworld + a kind, steadfast, brave mortal heroine + every character is clever" One lottery ticket, one contract, and from that moment on, my three souls and seven spirits belonged to him. I took something that was never mine, so I have to do good deeds, travel between the worlds of yin and yang, give away all my money, risk my life to repay him, and even give myself to him… He laid on 524Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 22 Republic-Era Mountain God: The Nine-Headed Serpent Lord 民国山神：九头蛇君 When I was born, a thousand snakes carried a coffin. Grandpa said the Snake God wanted a bride, and if we refused, both Mom and I would die. When I was five, a high fever left me able to see spirits. I often saw a snake with nine heads. He and I grew up together, and whenever I was in danger, he always came to my rescue. As an adult, I became a spirit medium. The mountain god’s temple was destroyed, my eldest brother was murdered, and my aunt, who had been dead for twenty-eight years, suddenly r 649Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 23 Old Village Stories 山村旧事 A strange mountain village. Bizarre events sparked by natural and man-made disasters. And, it turns out, a secret lies hidden behind it all... 33.6kReads9.1Score2.3k14d adds
- 24 Snake Enchantment 蛇媚 When I was born, countless snakes came to propose, while wildcats carried the sedan chair. The arrangement was set for twenty years. My father and grandfather took me on the run for twenty years. Just when we were close to despair, I met Ming Cang. He came toward me against the light, carrying an erhu on his back. Its music drove away the snakes, and he was like a god. I thought he was my savior, and trusted him with all my heart and soul. I never imagined that everything had been planned from t 184Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 25 Snake Demoness 蛇姬 [Ensemble Cast + Feng Shui + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Strange Folk Tales] Romance: A dignified, devoted, ruthless Snake Lord vs. a pampered, cunning diviner I was born on the night of the Ghost Festival, when the gates of the underworld swing wide open. Everyone in the village said my mother conceived me after being entwined by a snake, so they called me Little Snake. When I was thirteen, I spoke carelessly and offended the “Snake Lord” in a painting. From then on, I was bedridden, and st 1.9kReads9.0Score28014d adds
- 26 The Dragon King’s Embryo 龙王胎 In 1934, my grandmother witnessed a strange dragon-fall incident with her own eyes... Many years later, scales began to grow on my body. Worse still, I somehow became pregnant with a monster! I lead troops, run an incense hall, and carry out the rituals. I'm a female shaman, and my husband is the Dragon King! 344Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 27 The Weird Realm II: Room 414 Hospital 诡界II：414医院 [Infinite Flow + Supernatural Horror + Mystery + Paranormal + Survival + Dungeons] A hospital said to be impossible to escape, and a group of survivors who've narrowly escaped death time and again. What bizarre and uncanny tales await them as they open the doors to one patient room after another? Dear readers, follow the protagonist Lu Bai as he uncovers one hidden truth after another. Welcome to Hospital 414... 62Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 28 Raising a Fox as My Wife II 养狐为妻Ⅱ I am a jinx, born under an ill omen. To keep me alive, my grandfather arranged an extraordinary betrothal for me when I was a child… 299Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 29 The Spirit-Sealing Corpse Shroud 镇灵尸衣 On the day I was born, ghosts surrounded our home. I only survived because a master gave his life to save me. Only later did I learn the truth: I was born on a yin year, yin month, and yin day, making me a Yin Child. My master said that anyone born under all three yin signs would have a life full of misfortune and spend their days wandering from place to place. 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Yin-Walking Incense Master 走阴女香师 Ever since I can remember, there has been a paper doll on my bed every night. With straight bangs and a bob, a pale face with rosy cheeks, a round face and almond-shaped eyes, it was clearly made to look just like me. As I slowly grew up, the paper doll “grew up” too… 318Reads9.0Score10514d adds
- 31 The Dragon King’s Wife, Life After Life 生生世世龙王妻 A terrible drought struck the village, so the village chief invited an old Taoist priest to perform a rainmaking ritual. The priest brought a marriage contract, and I was chosen to be offered as a sacrifice to the Divine Dragon Lord. On the night of the full moon, the villagers tied me up, stuffed me into a bridal sedan chair, and sent me to the Dragon King Temple behind the village. From then on, I became the wife of an ancient divine dragon. 61Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 32 The Soul Ferryer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳渡魂人 Soul-snatching ghost weddings, bathroom hauntings, the legend of the red-clad senior, Thai black magic, ghost soldiers borrowing the road, man-eating mountain demons, nightmare fiends that enter your dreams, the mystery of the headless woman, a bizarre bride in an escape room, vengeful child spirits, games that summon ghosts, human organ trafficking, a shocking exhibition of human deformities, and long-lost Maoshan secrets... Do these things send a chill down your spine? - The truth is, this wor 177Reads9.2Score10214d adds
- 33 The Snake's Seduction 蛇欲撩情 I went back to the countryside to move a grave, and ended up attracting a huge black snake. He went to great lengths to get close to me, following me from the countryside all the way to my company. “Shen Ning, you have to take responsibility for me,” he whispered softly in her ear. 1kReads7.7Score10414d adds
- 34 The Coffin of Life and Death 生死棺材 In our line of work, there’s a type known as the miscellaneous school. They follow unorthodox paths, dabbling in everything but mastering nothing. They have no sect above them and no helpers below them, and nobody takes them seriously. I’m an heir to the miscellaneous school, yet I turned their world upside down and left them in chaos. Only when I decided to retire did I discover a shocking mystery hidden within me... 491Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 35 The Golden Bait Project 黄金鱼饵计划 [Modern mystery, dark crime, twist-filled power fantasy] Cornered with no way out, he came up with a plan: the Golden Fish Bait scheme. He deliberately posted huge amounts of fake gold online, posing as a wealthy recluse to lure greedy thieves to his door. He set up layers of mechanisms, surveillance cameras, and traps in advance, hoping to take the thieves down and get the money he needed to save his life. But once the hunters took the bait, everything spiraled out of control. The intruders wer 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 36 The Snake Immortal in Chains 锁蛇仙 When I was five, I accidentally awakened the Snake Immortal that my family had imprisoned for a thousand years. My family said I was cursed, that the Snake Immortal would take revenge on me and bring misfortune to the whole clan. But I had never even seen the Snake Immortal, and I had never brought any disaster upon my family. Before Grandma died, she gave me our family's heirloom bracelet. Strange things began happening soon after: my cousin suddenly went mad, Grandma's body vanished, and a hug 430Reads9.0Score10114d adds
- 37 The Only Man in History Killed by a Glance 史上唯一被看杀的男人 [No System] [The Most Handsome Man] [Sickly but Strong and Tragic] [Livestream Fortune-Telling] [Karmic Debts Repaid] [Criminal Investigations and Strange Cases] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Black Cat Xuanzhu] [Underworld Enforcer] Wei Jie, a famous beauty of the Wei and Jin dynasties, died after being stared to death by admirers. Seventeen hundred years later, he woke up in a hospital, penniless and coughing up blood without end, with only a black cat whose eyes could see both worlds for company. 10Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 38 Someone New Appeared in the Footage 录像里多出一个人 The test shoot’s discarded footage was four seconds longer. Everyone in the frame held the same poses they had at the end of filming. No one moved. I counted three times. There were six people every time. But only five people had been there that day. On the hard drive my mother left behind, there was an empty folder with a four-character name: Do Not Fast-Forward. In the recycle bin was a deleted video, four minutes and twenty-five seconds long, which couldn’t be recovered. Our production crew w 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Fox's Seduction 狐诱 Twenty years ago, my father brought home a mute woman. From then on, men in the village began dying in mysterious ways… They said my mother was a wicked fox spirit who brought harm to others. No, my mother was the Great Fox King, chosen by Heaven. The Fox King bore a daughter, and the new king ascended the throne. Beneath all of Heaven, our king rules. The harem matters just as much as the people! An angsty romance dressed up as a wish-fulfillment blurb. Come on in, everyone! 635Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 40 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 63Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 41 Old Tales of the Dead Village 死人村旧事 Chen Ergou holds a stalk of grass and gently pokes at the paper money still smoldering in front of him. Behind him, a dense crowd of “people” from the village and beyond stands packed together... Hanwa, his belly slit open and his tongue hanging down to his chest; Sufen, naked, with raw flesh exposed; the Fat Taoist, whose limbs and head are covered with tightly packed stitches at the joints; Tian Da, his body stiff, a walking stick jutting from his wide-open mouth; Xiao Zhao, pale-faced and dri 185Reads8.4Score10914d adds
- 42 My Snake Immortal Husband Comes in the Dead of Night 蛇仙老公，深夜来 When I was ten, I came down with a fatal illness. To save me, Grandpa went to Changbai Mountain and brought back a snake pill. I recovered, but Grandpa and my parents all died. That dragon came for revenge… It didn’t kill me. It demanded offerings and wanted the snake pill back. From then on, Changbai Mountain had a new Pool Immortal Maiden. A pig spirit bewitches people, a little ghost steals unborn babies, and at midnight, who is it holding a bone umbrella and carrying a human-skin lantern to 324Reads9.1Score11014d adds
- 43 Fatal Impulse 致命冲动 Never grab a WeChat red envelope from a stranger! After I accidentally took one from a stranger, strange things started happening one after another, and my classmates began dying, one by one. Maybe I'll be next... 5.9kReads8.0Score61114d adds
- 44 The Corpse Keeper 守尸人 The morgue is where life and death meet. At this boundary, there are many taboos to heed. I grew up beside a hospital morgue, and I'll tell you about the hospital's taboos from a different perspective. Taboo 1: If you see a patient being resuscitated, don't gather around to watch. Taboo 2: If a patient's family throws away something the deceased used while alive, don't toss your own trash on top of it. Taboo 3: If you hear a cat meowing at night, don't go outside to look, whether you're a patien 891Reads6.3Score10214d adds
- 45 Snake Sacrifice 蛇祭 Two virgins + Sweet romance + Strong female lead leveling up The Snake Lord is fearsome. A promise made a thousand years ago, a meeting in dreams, a bracelet carved from nine dragons’ bones, protection for his wife, a Soul-Devouring Demon Blade, souls scattered to the winds, old grudges brought to an end... On the night of the Ghost Festival, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, Old Song carried me back from the village’s Spirit Snake Mountain. Strange changes swept across the sky: ligh 347Reads9.1Score11614d adds
- 46 Seeking the Merfolk 寻鲛 Legend has it that beyond the South Sea live merfolk whose tears become pearls worth a fortune, and whose flesh grants eternal life. In the early years of the Tianhua era, the emperor became obsessed with cultivating immortality and attaining eternal life. He specifically ordered the Grand Sorcerer Zhen Yang to lead three thousand sorcerers on three expeditions to the South Sea in search of the merfolk, but they all returned empty-handed… 722Reads9.0Score10114d adds
- 47 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
- 48 Blood Wedding 血嫁 Ever since I received a strange hundred-yuan bill, every wedding I attend ends in bloodshed. The grooms have their throats slit, their blood splattering across the brides’ white gowns. Ten couples have died for no apparent reason, and I’m the only one who has seen the killer: the Grim Reaper, holding a scythe... A cold and aloof fiancé appears out of nowhere. A mysterious exorcist hides in a coffee shop. Strange supernatural incidents pull me into a terrifying, thrilling spiral. At last, the da 951Reads8.6Score11814d adds
- 49 The Cursed Girl with a Doomed Fate 诡命煞女 Ever since I was little, I was a child my mother hated. Born with an overwhelming concentration of the Seven Sha, I made every demon and monster flee at the sight of me. It wasn’t until I was twelve that I learned the truth: my birth had been part of a massive conspiracy... 10.1kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 50 Folk Taboos and Strange Tales 民间禁忌怪谈 Ever since I was a kid, I thought my grandpa was strange. Whenever he had nothing to do, he liked to wander deep into the old forest. Then one day, he brought a little girl back from the woods, and I discovered the secret he was hiding. From then on, I tried to get away, but only became more deeply entangled... 667Reads8.3Score10014d adds
