Novels like Chronicles of Strange Events
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- 101 A Billion-Dollar Collection of Horror Stories 一个亿恐怖故事集 A Collection of One Hundred Million Horror Stories [Standalone stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + heartfelt emotion + mild horror + timid readers beware] A hundred wildly different tragic fates await. When long-forbidden folk taboos passed down by the ancestors are broken, and eerie legends from the corners of the city quietly come true, the everyday world you know will begin to fall apart on the very next page. Whispers by the pillow, shadows beneath the wa 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Tomb Raiding: Strange Tales 盗墓诡异实录 In the early 21st century, tomb robbers roam all across China. Their tracks can be found everywhere, from snowy plateaus and forests to lakes and seas, even in forbidden zones where no one is allowed to go. My father was one of them, but after an expedition to a tomb, he never came back. To find out what happened to him, I was forced onto this road of no return, traveling from south to north and east to west. I've seen the dangers of the underworld and every facet of human life, survived countle 161Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 103 Mountain God Festival 山神祭 The Greater Khingan Range. Temperatures below minus twenty, with snow up to a hunter's knees. A weasel spirit crouched in a tree, watching as a hunter in a fox-fur hat crept across the snow with his rifle at the ready. If the hunter died, his flesh would go to the beasts and spirits hiding in the woods, while his soul would belong to the mountain god who commanded the clouds, winds, and rain. From the moment he took his first step into the forest and snow, the hunter's life was no longer his ow 40Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 104 A Vengeful Ghost Possesses Me, So I Slap It Right Across the Face 厉鬼上身，我上去就是一个耳光 [Urban + supernatural + invincible power fantasy] Demonic energy spreads, and terror descends! Have you ever heard the sound of opera singing from desolate graves in the wilderness... Have you ever seen a woman in red repeatedly jumping from an abandoned building... Have you ever encountered a corpse that had been dead for a long time suddenly opening its eyes... Headless corpses that walk, white-haired old men dragging their intestines as they howl, weasels that love to eat human hearts and l 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 You Found Me 你找到我了 Modern Supernatural + Female-Led + Fresh Premise + All-Rounder + Wild Imagination + Reincarnation + Spirit Speech + Runes and Formations + Fictional Modern Setting + Pure Wish Fulfillment in the Middle and Later Parts Abandoned and cast out? No. Her god reincarnates for her, life after life. Following the usual formula and old clichés? No. The Heavenly Dao is nothing to her. An ordinary girl dealing with a life that’s a complete mess? No. Other people are the ordinary ones. She is the unique one 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The City's Mystical Geomancer 都市奇门地师 With ten fingers, I sever the forces of yin and yang; with a single talisman, I decide life and death. My birth chart is pure yang, and I’m cursed with a fire calamity. My master says I won’t live past twenty, unless... 17.2kReads7.9Score97514d adds
- 108 Folklore and the Supernatural: My Campus Crush Is a Fox Demon 民俗灵异：我的校花学姐是狐妖 [First-person narration + talking to myself + pure romance + supernatural + beast-girl] My name is Lin Mu, an utterly ordinary sophomore in high school. My only hobby is studying folk legends, and I dream of becoming a novelist. I thought my life would consist of skipping class to play video games and documenting weird internet stories, until one day, at an internet cafe, I saw Su Yu Jue, the aloof upperclasswoman who had everyone at school talking, with a pair of fluffy fox ears sprouting from 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Spirit Guide 渡灵师 Human, it’s already dark outside. Why are you still not asleep? The night is not your time. Something unknown is unfolding... From the song “Monster Rampage” 31Reads7.8Score314d adds
- 110 Life at a Crossroads 岔路人生 If you could truly live your life over again, would you regret the choices you made? Shen Que never imagined there could be a real answer to that question. That day, the subway stopped at 5:42 p.m. Two people with the same name and the same face, each having lived through twenty-seven years that were almost, but not quite, the same, appeared before him at once. Only then did he learn the truth: Every truly important choice could allow another version of your life to keep going. They weren' —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Strange Tales of Summoning the Gods 请神异闻录 At his eighteenth-birthday coming-of-age ceremony, a host of immortals came to offer their congratulations! In his dreams, he became a disciple of Jiang Ziya, who studied under the Primeval Lord of Heaven at the Jade Void Palace on Mount Kunlun, and learned the art of summoning gods. I’m powerless against those above the gods, but invincible against those below them. You know Taoist magic? I can summon gods! You know demonic arts? I can summon gods! You can invite an immortal spirit to possess y 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Other Side of Ordinary Things 寻常之物的背面 [Modern Urban + Everyday Objects + Supernatural Awakening + Psychological Horror + No Superpowers + Chilling on Second Thought + Slow Burn] The things within arm’s reach every day may be hiding a chill no one knows about. The shirt hanging on the balcony seems to shake the wrinkles from its shoulders in the dead of night. A well-used mug always has a strand of black hair resting at the bottom that no amount of washing can remove. Even the hook behind your bedroom door might quietly snag your sha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Mystery, Horror, the Supernatural, and Folklore: Fourth Auntie? Where Did I Get a Fourth Auntie?! 【悬疑惊悚+灵异+民俗】四姑婆？我哪儿来的四姑婆！ [Mystery and suspense + the supernatural + folk customs] Great-Aunt Four? Where would I even get a Great-Aunt Four?! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 A Dream of Brocade, A Heart of Rippling Waters 锦梦澜心 Life is like the pages of a book, turning gently. Sometimes it overflows with sunshine, and sometimes dark clouds gather. But that is what makes the good things all the more precious. Pay attention, and you’ll find surprises hidden everywhere in life. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Who Is Standing Behind Me? 谁站在身后？ Who is standing behind me? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The Gluttonous Taoist Nun 饕餮道姑 Wuwang is an “ordinary” female Daoist. While her fellow cultivators banish demons with talismans and peachwood swords, she wields an iron spatula. To earn merit and prolong the life of her gravely wounded master, she ventures into a world overrun by evil spirits, while adding to her Guide to Appraising Ghosts: pan-fried two-timing scoundrels, crisp and fragrant; stir-fried shrews, bursting with satisfying resentment; steamed wicked children, so tender they melt in your mouth; boiled abusers, sof 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Songs of the Underworld 冥歌 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] It’s a tangled, lengthy story, not one about a loser turning his life around by fawning over women. [There is a heroine] I’m new to this, so I don’t understand why novels have to be tagged as having no heroine. To be honest, mine has one, though she doesn’t appear much. [Not necessarily funny] Hard to say. The author has a strange sense of humor. [Neurotic] The author is a little crazy, with a mind that keeps jumping around, so the plot can sometimes feel erratic. 2Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 118 Strange Tales from the Countryside 农村里的奇异怪谈 [Traditional supernatural horror + third-person narration + one female lead + no immortal cultivation] In a strange, gloomy bamboo forest, evil forces claim people’s lives. A university graduate has just returned to his village when he becomes embroiled in a series of bizarre events. In the end, he takes a master and learns the Dao. Is the mysterious woman good or evil? What other strange events will the protagonist encounter? Find out in the book. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Don't Talk to the Comments 不要和弹幕说话 [Horror + Supernatural + Mystery + Mind-Bending + Anthology (first four volumes complete) + Dread That Gets Under Your Skin + Not for the Fainthearted + The Villain Is the Smartest Character in the Book + Growing Female Lead + No System, No Cheats, Plot-Driven] Have you ever replied to a historical comment on a video, even just for fun? Hu Jia accidentally comes across a web series from ten years ago. It depicts a real case from that same year, but its ending is completely different from what 20Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 120 Back When I Was a Folk Mage 我做民间法师的时候 I entered the trade at fourteen and spent six years as a folk ritual master. In the south, this line of work is called “spirit arts.” I watched it go from thriving to decline. This year marks my sixth year, and I’ve finally left the trade behind. This work isn’t as glamorous as it looks. We’re all rats crawling out of the sewers, and the bar for entry keeps getting lower. I’m writing these stories down now as a way to remember those days. 195Reads—Score10414d adds
- 121 The Boy in the Hemp Robe 麻衣少年 [Ma Yi Divine Physiognomist, Young Feng Shui Master, Defying Fate] The year I was born, torrential rain fell from the heavens, and hordes of weasels swarmed into my home. To save me, my father leapt into the flood. When I was seven, my grandfather took in five female disciples, and they all became my senior fellow disciples. My bizarre story begins with these five senior sisters. 2.5kReads8.6Score23714d adds
- 122 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 EN Otherworldly Merchant 阴间商人 I’m a merchant who specializes in collecting sinister, supernatural objects. Anything that belonged to the dead is valuable! In the hands of ordinary people, these things can bring anything from a haunting to the ruin of an entire family. But in my hands, they can help you get promoted, make a fortune, defy fate, and meet every need a client could have. Want to know why? Shh. If you’re brave enough, come hear about the first terrifying deal I took after entering the business... 188Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 124 The Heavenly Master of Zhuyou 祝由天师 After my grandfather dies, I inherit the art of Zhuyou and become a ghost doctor who wanders the mortal world. I've treated the living, tormented by evil ghosts, and helped the wronged spirits bullied by wicked people. As I encounter more and more evil entities, I learn more of Zhuyou's secrets. I get drawn deeper into it all, with less and less control over my own fate. A corpse alive in a mass grave, an evil spirit kept in an old mansion, a fingerless woman who steals people's lifespans. Every 139Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 125 The Coffin Maker 棺匠 I'm a coffin keeper. I entered this line of work after joining my master at the age of nine. At first, I didn't believe there were ghosts in this world. Then, after a series of strange encounters, I gradually discovered the other side of the world... 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 First-Rank Spirit Official 一品灵官 What’s it like to “catch ghosts with physical force”? The day my grandfather died, a dark wind blotted out the sky and earth as the gates of the underworld swung wide open. The Ten Yin Marshals arrived, escorted by a million Yin soldiers. But I fell ill, burning with fever for three days and nights. After I recovered, I was sorting through my grandfather’s belongings when I stumbled upon a redwood box. Inside was a book called the “Ledger of the Impermanent” and a black command token. The fro 45Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 127 Pendulum: The Super Taoist Works at a Convenience Store 灵摆：超级道长在便利店打工 After the Sacrifice to the Lord of Mount Tai, the Netherworld King Chacha searches everywhere for Zhao Li, Xia Dongqing, and Wang Xiaoya... A young Taoist priest named Zhang Zhongyang is ordered by his master to go study Chinese at Jiangzhou University. But he is so exceptionally skilled that he gets a perfect score on his final exams and unexpectedly lands a job at Convenience Store No. 444. There, he opens his third eye and takes over from Zhao Li as the new spirit guide. From then on, ancient 240Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Heavenly Master of a Haunted World 诡世天师 Lin Jiu, an ordinary young man from the modern era, unexpectedly transmigrates to the twelfth year of the Republic of China, his soul inhabiting the body of a young Taoist priest who shares his name and has just been claimed by a vengeful ghost. As the last heir of the Maoshan Sect, he inherits his master’s legacy and final words: “The Taoist tradition must not die out, and the human world must not fall.” There is no System, no shortcut, only a timeworn copy of the Sacred Register of Shangqing a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 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
- 130 Strange Tales: Once Upon a Time, There Was a Peach Blossom Spring 怪谈：从前有座桃花源 [Supernatural + One True Female Lead + Sequences + Sci-Fi Style + Not a Power Fantasy + Not Mindless + Games + Some Urban Legends] Urban legends are appearing all over the world. As spiritual qi revival begins, humanity is feeling its way toward an entirely different path to immortality. Have you ever memorized “The Peach Blossom Spring”? If so, do you really understand it? Why is the town surrounded by endless peach blossoms? Peach wood wards off evil. Look at those falling petals: don’t they r 3Reads6.7Score114d adds
- 131 Tales of the Supernatural 人间灵异杂谈 Everyone has a colorful past, and what I’m about to tell you happened right here around me. It was strange and mysterious, so listen as I recount it all. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Drifting into the Haunted Room 漂移凶间 Mild Horror + No Stupid Decisions + Narrative-Driven + Slow Pacing + Large Cast In her previous life, Shen Qingyue was a brilliant but ill-fated rising forensic pathologist. Just as she was about to expose a shocking conspiracy, her life was cut short by a murder disguised as an accident. As her consciousness faded, she saw the killer's blurred, cold smile. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to three years earlier, to the crossroads of her fate. She had just joined the Municipal P 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Notes from a Haunted House 凶宅笔录 A haunted house is a house where someone once met a violent death. Legend has it that people who die this way haven't yet reached the end of their natural lifespan, so they die with deep resentment. Anyone who moves in will suffer, at best, a life of misery, and at worst, a broken family and ruin. By a twist of fate, I became a dealer in haunted houses. They kept appearing, and one crisis followed another. Behind every haunted house lay a terrifying, secret story... By the time I wanted to turn 10.4kReads8.8Score22114d adds
- 134 The Coffin Prison 囚棺 The seventh-night return of the soul. A peaceful death is called a returning calamity; a violent death is called a returning evil spirit. On the day the evil spirit returns, the household is unsettled, and another death may follow. A man must be chosen to send the spirit away. After my second uncle hanged himself, I once had to send a spirit away. As a result, I was marked by it. 500Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 135 The Eerie Game: From the Start, I Picked Up a Top-Tier Star 诡异游戏：开局捡个顶流女星 [Horror game + dark tone + unscrupulous tactics + Infinite Flow + one female lead] Could the strange creature Gu Changqing brought out of a haunted villa really be a top-tier star and a high-level player in the horror game? And does she really need to form a "deep connection" with Gu Changqing and devour his "life essence" to maintain her human form...? 8Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 136 Wayfarer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳行者 The ultimate truths of heaven and earth are two: death and parting, and the way between yin and yang. I protect the living in the world of light, driving out evil and subduing demons until every specter is vanquished. I guide the dead across the Yellow Springs, and set foot upon the Bridge of Helplessness without hesitation. A traveler between the realms of yin and yang, I bear the balance of life and death on my shoulders. Have you ever seen an old sheep knock at your door, or a paper figure sp 263Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 137 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 302Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 White Russian Cemetery 白俄公墓 [Supernatural + Mystery + Horror + Forbidden Sites and Zone Exploration + Dark] While traveling, I passed through a small town called Beima and accidentally entered a strange internet cafe. The terrifying legend of a woman ghost hanging upside down, messages from an online friend dating back to 2001, an old school campus regarded as forbidden ground, a mysterious ghost village behind the school, and a cemetery that exists only in people's memories. Somehow, all of it seems connected to me. This 45Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 139 The Ghost's Prophecy 鬼无谶 Half a bowl of clear water reflects the universe; a single spirit talisman commands ghosts and gods. I tread the Eight Trigrams path of yin and yang, wielding a wooden sword to slay demonic spirits. Once every three thousand years, the appointed day arrives. Three years before it, spring begins. Since ancient times, those bound by fate have met, and beyond the nine heavens stands the Three Pure Ones. The heavenly altar resounds with the melody of the horn, welcoming the sacred presence as it des 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Underworld Shop 阴间铺子 [No System + traditional story + male and female leads + supernatural tales] After losing my job, I took over this funeral parlor, but all sorts of supernatural incidents started happening at night. Burned-to-death ghosts, drowned ghosts... After the parlor, a yellow weasel spirit that had become an adult made a bone-chilling discovery... Challenges faced together with my childhood sweetheart from elementary school. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Strange Case Files 诡局录 [No System + No Cultivation + No Foolish Protagonist + Traditional Supernatural Horror + Mystery and Suspense] My name is Shang Tian, and I’m a man cursed by an evil spirit. It was a lottery ticket that should never have existed. Its dark, yellow-black background looked soaked in old blood and night; the glaring red lettering wasn’t a set of lucky numbers, but an invitation to hell. When I scratched it off, overjoyed and thinking I’d found a lifeline to a hundred-thousand-yuan jackpot, my finge 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 I Opened a Pawnshop at 33, and the Midnight Visitors Aren't Human 33岁开寄卖行，半夜来的不是人 Dongji Pawnshop has three rules: First, after midnight, we accept anything, no matter who knocks. Second, we don't give change in spirit money. Third, never ask customers where they came from. Han Haodong had survived for three years on this old street by following these three rules. Until he found a fourth rule among his grandfather's belongings: “Never let the scales tip out of balance.” He didn't know what it meant. But he would soon find out. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Tales of the Mystic Arts: Southern Maoists and Northern Horse Shamans Battle the Evil King 玄门往事：南茅北马斗邪王 Lu Li, a handsome young Maoshan Taoist, arrives in Northeast China and meets Cui Kan, a frail, frequently ill spirit medium who possesses uncanny powers. The two are forced into a terrifying conflict involving dark sorcery. Wherever the mysterious sorcerer's ghostly figure appears, terror and death follow close behind. On a dark, windy night, an ancient tomb lies shrouded in gloom, heads roll, and rivers of blood flow... Lu Li and Cui Kan face danger at every turn. They must outwit their enemies 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Campus Curse: A Register of Corpse-Subduing Spells 校园诡咒镇尸簿 (No romance + an unusual team-up to catch ghosts) On what seemed like an ordinary night, four girls in a dormitory started playing with a spirit board. But that very night, horror quietly descended... Was it a collapse of morality, or a distortion of human nature? Follow this unusual team as they solve the mystery. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Occult Medicine: My Wife Is a Nurse 异术诡医：我老婆是护士 Zhang Zhe: “Don't rush. I'm about to die.” Zhang Zhe: “Don't worry. Once I'm dead, you can take my heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.” Zhang Zhe is terminally ill and on the verge of death. But who could have guessed that while he was watching a meteor shower, a wisp of a remnant soul would crash into him and cure him? Zhang Zhe: “This is a problem. If they find out I won't die after all, they'll probably fight me to the death.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Horror Landlord: My Thirty-Eight Female Tenants 恐怖房东：我的三十八位女租客 “Zhuge Ming, if you come study at my kindergarten, I’ll give you five hundred a month, and pick you up and drop you off...” said the headmistress. “I brought you lunch, Zhuge Ming. I made it myself...” said the teacher. “Come here. I’ll marry all three of my daughters to you,” said Priest Lin. Zhuge Ming was born with a peach-blossom fate. He had the looks of a woman despite being a man, and from the moment he was born, every woman had just one wish: to marry him. Zhuge Ming was miserable. Who c —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 147 Laid Off and Driving a Taxi, I Get Haunted by Evil Spirits 被裁后开出租，我被邪物缠上了 After being laid off, 28-year-old Wang Chao starts driving a taxi to make ends meet. Little does he know that a host of evil entities are about to latch onto him. A mysterious woman in white, a strange old lady in worn-out clothes, a gaunt cemetery caretaker, and an elusive fat man... One after another, these figures drag him into a vortex he cannot escape... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Yin Master of the Living World 阳间葬阴师 I am Shen Xu, born under an ill-starred fate. On the day I was born, ghosts swarmed around me, and I barely survived my first twelve years. The day before I turned twelve, my grandfather used a living corpse hidden in a coffin to conceal my fate, while a nine-lived black cat upset the balance of yin and yang. He put my coffin on a little cart and sent it to the Xuanqing Temple on Mount Taiqing. From that day on, I set out on an uncanny and unpredictable path through the esoteric arts... 356Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 150 The Ominous Coffin 凶棺 It all started with a coffin that floated up from the river... I thought it was a fortune dropped from the sky, but it turned out to be a disaster. After I pried open the coffin, I began to feel that something unclean had followed me home. My daughter grew stranger by the day. She was only three, yet she had already started developing! 121Reads—Score—14d adds
