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- 1 Cultivation: Reincarnating as Cthulhu 修仙：从转生克苏鲁开始 Have you ever seen crimson blood and a blazing sun, or pupils deep as the sea? Chen Yi never believed that anything supernatural existed in the world, until he saw that “eye.” I thought I was dead, but somehow I became one of them. Years later, with powerful enemies all around him, Chen Yi is trapped in a deadly situation. Yet he takes his time and chants: The times are harsh, the tune is hard to play, The uncanny path is beyond the world's acceptance. All forms are delusion, and attachme 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Cthulhu: Replacing the Great Old Ones 克苏鲁：取代旧日支配者 [Cthulhu] + [Cthulhu] + [Steampunk] + [Cthulhu] + [Cthulhu] + [!%!@#] ------Unlike traditional power fantasies. Not for you if that's not your thing!!----- Merlin, a plague-ridden man living in a medieval world, is nearing the end of his life. At just twenty years old, he is forcibly fed the blood of an Elder God by a cult, dragging him into the absurd and uncanny Eighth Civilization. Waking beside a warm steam-powered heating unit, Merlin discovers that he has gained a dreamscape filled with 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Outer God Eradication Plan 外神清除计划 Have you ever wondered why the myths on Blue Star all seem so alike? Have you ever wondered whether, somewhere beyond your sight, Outer Gods are watching hungrily, waiting for a chance to devour Blue Star? Have you ever wondered whether a god is hidden inside your body? In the gap between reality and illusion lies the unknown, beyond the reach of ordinary people. Myths are twisted history, and humanity is made up of imprisoned gods. I woke from a dream and came to understand the whole world anew —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 There’s Something Wrong with My Brain 我的脑子有点病 [Bizarre World + No System + Ruthless + A Touch of Cosmic Horror] I think my illness is getting worse... My neighbor speaks in fits and starts, like an old cassette tape. Thick, foul-smelling liquid keeps seeping through the ceiling. That dark shape... looks like a person... The pregnant woman is holding a big yellow dog’s leash, but beneath its skin, it’s clearly a man. The moon is so beautiful tonight... But... why is it red? I... What illness did I have again? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 I Can Bribe the Gods 我能贿赂神明 As the Hosts of the Seven Deadly Sins emerge one by one and ancient gods begin to awaken, Fang Zheng realizes that his power may let him bribe fate, but it can’t buy back his crumbling sanity. This is a battle against madness, and his only bargaining chip is himself. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Cthulhu: Becoming a God by Unlocking the Bestiary 克苏鲁：从点亮图鉴开始成神 Detected: You have completed the entries for [Rat] and [Burrowing Sand Monster]. The Sandstorm Creatures bond is unlocked. Ability gained: [Sandstorm Resistance]. Detected: You have completed the entries for [Shantak Bird], [Spawn of the Crawling Chaos], and [Byakhee]. The Steeds of the Gods bond is unlocked. Ability gained: [Imaginary Number Dive]. Detected: You have completed the entries for [Child of the Green God] and [Shan]. The Kin bond is unlocked. Ability gained: [Supernatural Fertility] 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Eerie Secret Isle 诡道秘岛 These are the legendary islands of Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou, places people have sought for years in pursuit of the immortal arts. No one has ever seen them, and over time they became stories passed down from person to person. But what if I told you they really exist? Are they the heavenly palaces everyone longs for, or... the terrifying infernal prison of Avici? “None of this matters, because it is all false.” “All of this matters, because it proves that They exist.” “And it proves t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Call of Cthulhu 克苏鲁的呼唤 The Call of Cthulhu 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Nameless Apocalypse Devouring the City 蚀城不可名状的末世 [Cthulhu] [Urban] [Survival] [Monster Grinding and Leveling] [No System] In a future metropolis, modern civilization appears to flourish on the surface, but signs of ancient, evil forces awakening lurk in the shadows. The human world is being corrupted by the Great Old Ones from another dimension. And what are the suddenly appearing "Doors"? [Reason's Flame] - Splendid, yet deadly fireworks [Perception Filter] - Gentle, yet deadly lies [Resonance] - Dancers moving in step with civilization [Assi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Global: I Am the Creator of Cthulhu! 全民：我，克苏鲁创造者！ (The plot moves slowly, but it’s guaranteed to be satisfying.) (The Lovecraftian elements do not strictly follow the original canon!!!) (If that bothers you, don’t read.) Games have merged with reality, and the countless races of the Abyss have invaded Blue Star. Monsters roam the wilderness, while dungeons and secret realms are everywhere. Blue Star has entered an era where everyone can change classes, grow stronger, and advance to new classes by working hard to kill monsters. But faced with th 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Cthulhu Survival: I’m an Utterly Evil Tree Demon 克苏鲁求生：我是极恶树妖 Am I a tree? Do my traits refresh every day? Was I already being eaten by bugs right after I was born? Killing people in three days... taking a city in ten... From a tiny sapling, I evolve into an evil tree demon that brings calamity upon the world! 600Reads—Score103Shelves
- 12 Chaos Awakens: The Uncanny Descends 混沌复苏：诡异降临 [Dual Transmigration + Supernatural Resurgence + Cthulhu Mythos + Foundation + Daoist Weirdness + Lord of the Mysteries + Split Personality] Sleeping Cthulhu is awakening. Terror, madness, and despair are destroying people's sanity. Twisted, corrupted, loathsome horrors beyond description are consuming a world crawling with evil spirits. As civilization descends into chaos and nameless things veil the heavens, a gigantic eye of contempt gazes down upon the maddened humans in the ruins of a city. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Healing the Sick in a Cthulhu World 我在克苏鲁世界悬壶济世 A coming-of-age story, slow-paced, with a touch of ensemble cast Everyone transmigrates, and Lu Nan is pulled by the System into a Cthulhu world. Some people receive books containing the flesh and blood of gods. Others get a little bowl that can turn power into food. But Lu Nan’s prize is Shennong’s “Tasting a Hundred Herbs.” Staring at the strange thing in front of him, he wonders, “If I take one bite, will I really not die?” When fear blots out the sky, when plagues take root among living thin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 My Cthulhu-Style Path to Immortality 我的克系修仙 [Takes off after 20 chapters! Cthulhu + modern cultivation + twisted history + mildly warped + fantasy + slow-paced, expansive worldbuilding] In an age beyond reckoning, the “source of cosmic filth” descended upon the starry realm of the present world, crashing into the River of Time. Towering waves overturned all of history, and time itself grew murky. What had once been a normal history became distorted, spawning countless eerie, filthy entities. The sages of every age fought back against the 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Cthulhu: The Descent Upon the City 克苏鲁：都市降临 Beneath the calm and peaceful city, dark currents have long been swirling. Mad jellyfish in the sky, strange ocean currents beneath the sea, and mandrake plants in the mysterious forest: the tide of a new age is coming. Who will be crushed against the shore, and who will ride the waves? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Whispers from the Ruins (Lovecraftian) 归墟的低语（克系） Whispers of Guixu (Cthulhu Mythos) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 I Burned One Hundred Thousand Volumes of Demon Tomes 我焚了十万卷妖书 I burned a hundred thousand volumes of demon books, thinking I was protecting the mortal world. Then the hundred-thousand-and-first volume arrived from an ancient temple in the wilderness, bearing only my pen name. I asked three veteran handwriting experts to examine it, and they all said I had written it. That night, the old expert who had authenticated it died suddenly, clutching a waist token from the Imperial Observatory. I began to suspect one thing: Were the hundred thousand volumes of dem —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Qi Devours the Void: The Old Records of Xuandu 炁噬归墟：玄都旧日簿 The ancient gods are about to awaken from their seals. On a night when blood seeps from the bronze cauldron, Chenxing Jin locks away the disturbance in the spiritual leyline. The Great Wall of Black Mist collapses, and before the clan elder mutates, he slips him half a Qi-Gathering Pill. The Dragon-Severing Stone cracks, a bone blade grows from within his body, and a fading phantom voice cuts to the bone: "What you guarded was never the seal." 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Lord of the Strange Prophecies 诡谕之主 [Cthulhu] + [Sequences] + [Madness and Corruption] + [Multiple Personalities] + [Cthulhu Mythos Girl] After transmigrating into an apocalypse, Li Ming awakens an overpowered cheat that lets him capture other people's souls and gain their abilities. Gods? Abominations? I only want your soul! "Scarlet Overlord of the Abyssal Tides, your soul is under arrest!" Every captured soul shares one body with a personality split off from it. Kindness, compassion, madness, and arrogance all reside in one per —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Cthulhu, Now a God, and Feeling Great 克苏鲁，已成神，感觉良好 [Cthulhu] [Legendary Investigator] [Bestiary Collection] What? You want to know how a detective can become a legendary investigator? If the cases you investigate bear the hand of Nyarlathotep, your golden key is a Classic of Mountains and Seas capable of collecting every Old One, and you know just how to win their “favor”... Then when the stars come right, your own throne will await you. This is the arduous journey of a returnee, and a story interesting enough to be worth telling. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Unfathomable Idiom Tales 不可名状的成语故事 You’ve surely heard the stories behind idioms like “Lord Ye loves dragons,” “pretending to play the yu,” and “a rooster’s crow and a dog’s theft.” But would you be willing to hear my versions of these familiar idiom tales, told in a different way? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Lanterns of Gulu Dam 古路坝的灯火 In 2022, my colleague Lin Zhiping disappeared in the wilderness, leaving behind only a strange will. So from that day on, I began collecting reports of anomalies. Stay away from dreams. [A suspense series based on the Cthulhu Mythos and Chinese folklore] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I, Cthulhu, Rule the Eerie Apocalypse 我，克苏鲁神，主宰诡异末世 (No System, no saintly protagonist, comedy, invincible lead, pseudo-science fiction, nonhuman protagonist) Lu Su was a madman, out of step with the world. One day, on a whim, he drew an extremely bizarre and disturbing picture. The next moment, a mysterious force crushed Lu Su into a pulp, and he transmigrated to an apocalypse filled with urban legends. But Lu Su didn't die. Instead, he inherited a fraction of the core power of Azathoth, the blind idiot god and supreme deity of the Cthulhu mytho 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Coffin That Sealed the Old Ones 棺镇旧日支配者 I Gather Gods in the Wasteland Gray fog blankets the world. Old Gods awaken from humanity’s subconscious, and civilization teeters on the brink of madness. Chen Huang used to be an undertaker at a funeral home, closing the eyes of more than three hundred deceased. After the apocalypse began, tests showed that his contamination index exceeded the measurement limit. He was locked in the lowest level of the Ninth Containment Facility, assigned number 094. There, the bronze coffin sleeping in his —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 I Sealed Away the Gods 我封禁了诸神 [Lighthearted comedy + Eastern cosmic horror + ensemble cast + sequence powers + smart characters] Setting: When Gu Yi opened the [Forbidden Gate], he saw a vast ocean of stars. In its distant waters swam enormous, majestic, bizarre creatures. They took many forms, but all shared certain traits: soft, smooth, elastic, enveloping, tentacles... Looking at these haughty [gods], Gu Yi smiled. “I am the guardian of the Forbidden Gate, the embodiment of time and space.” “Starting today, I officially o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Evil God and I Are Heart to Heart, So I Match Wits with Him 邪神和我心连心，我跟邪神玩脑筋 Li Fangzhi, a senior in high school, has had the same nightmare of being slit-throated for fifteen years. Then one day, he erupts in his dream and chokes the murderous shadow to death with his bare hands. The authority of rage surges awake. He should have become a mindless living sacrifice for the indescribable monarch Hegri to descend upon the world, but a mysterious gift he encountered in his dream preserves his sanity. He even turns the tables and receives a special divine ascension permit di 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Cthulhu: Reclaiming the Glory of the Black Hand 克总：重铸黑手荣光 [Adventurer + Cthulhu + urban fantasy + mastermind + superpowers] As a pawn of Cthulhu, Su Ming has his dreams replaced every night with adventures on a bizarre island where Cthulhu is sealed away. Other people’s cheats treat their Hosts like beloved children, but mine wears its malice right out in the open. At least it’s honest about it. Since rivals are enemies, there’s nothing wrong with setting a trap for the Deep One fishmen, right? And since I’ve already trapped them, it’s only fair to kil 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 From the Start, My Girlfriend Dismembered Me and Sacrificed Me to Cthulhu 开局被女友肢解献祭给克苏鲁 [Sequences + power fantasy + no System + reborn] [God] type sequence creature: [The Lord]. [Rule] type sequence creature: [The Eternal Clock]. [Growth-type] sequence creature: [Fear]... All kinds of bizarre, terrifying sequence creatures invade the globe. The twenty-first century faces annihilation, and humanity is no longer at the top of the food chain. Ye Lai: “I’m reborn, but I died, and my girlfriend dismembered me. Then Cthulhu brought me back to life... I became the human Cthulhu fears mos 166Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 29 Chronicles of the Phantom: Bound by the Old Ones 诡影录：旧日之缚 Cthulhu Mythos + Western Middle Ages + No System + Mental Cultivation Christopher, a modern-day librarian obsessed with the Cthulhu Mythos, had his consciousness transmigrate while reading an obscure old book. He awoke as a down-on-his-luck private detective struggling to survive in Victorian London. At first glance, the world was all steam engines and rigid social conventions, but Christopher keenly sensed the sinister secrets lurking in the shadows beneath the gas lamps: strange reports of dis 2Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 30 The Call of the Black Goat 黑山羊的呼唤 [Western Fantasy + Lovecraftian Horror + Supernatural Ascension + Mysterious Artifacts + Tentacled Mother Goddess + Bizarre Reproduction] I slept and bred with a beautiful divine body, fell into a hall in the Black Forest, was reborn in another world, and learned the secrets of the Whisperers. Chase the whispers, summon offspring, master its body, forge burning weapons... Cold-blooded beasts of war, spinning gears, thunderous cannon fire, and contemplative Whisperers. This is the world of Yitenu 7.4kReads6.5Score953Shelves
- 31 The Séance of Bristol City 布里斯托密市的降神仪式 [Cthulhu Mythos + Ensemble Cast + Mystery] A summoning ritual brings a being from another dimension into the city of Bristol. Its whispers drive people insane and blur the line between reality and illusion. They watch its arrival in despair. Before it, humankind is no more than a speck of dust, infinitesimal and insignificant. Will Crosse raises his gun like a marionette and points it at his temple, ready to pull the trigger. Dr. Connor writhes in agony on the ground. He covers his ears and shut 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Are You Even Human? I Think I Am! 你是人吗？我觉得我是！ [Not a leveling novel] [Traditional cosmic horror] [No brainless protagonist] [Ocean exploration in the later chapters] Jokey blurb: The winner of the mimicry contest, Little Black, has finished speaking. Now let's welcome the runner-up and the protagonist of this book, Wei Zetao, to give his acceptance speech. Wei Zetao: "I'm human." Host A: "Well, it looks like our contestant Wei Zetao hasn't quite left the competition behind yet." Host B: "Next up is the lying contest. Please we 138Reads—Score105Shelves
- 33 Our Little Evil God Is Growing Up 家有邪神初长成 Keywords: Cthulhu | anime crossover | transmigrate | evil god | multiverse | everyday life | extraordinary events | episodic stories | combat | comedy | light novel | tokusatsu Haiyore! Nyaruko-san! Cthulhu-flavored everyday life, where laugh-out-loud banter and thrilling adventures go hand in hand! When Nyarlathotep descends once more, she brings countless guests from other worlds with her. Some are extraordinary heroes, while others are strange beings with ulterior motives. The perfectly ordin 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Key of Lusakzala 卢萨克扎拉之匙 “Some say only the devout can receive their favor.” “Some say artists have keenly sensed their presence, conveying in stone walls or in writing mysteries that have never been proven.” Earthquakes, tsunamis, and rifts, seemingly coincidental natural disasters, became harbingers of the world’s end... After all their struggles, death still ruthlessly claimed lives... Unfathomable things began to happen. A suffocating threat spread like an invisible ripple… Human sacrifices, rituals, deities, 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Face the Apocalypse of the Old Ones 直面旧日末日 [Cthulhu Mythos, Lovecraftian, infinite-flow, eerie, no female lead or one female lead] The madness of the Old Ones has descended once more. The sea that gave birth to countless universes is here, and the flames of civilization are about to go out. You can choose to record the final histories of these civilizations, or try to save them. At the beginning, the worlds the protagonist encounters are generally limited to planets with human civilizations. Only those who have experienced three world-en 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Infinite Reincarnation: Abyss Player 无限轮回：深渊玩家 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Cthulhu: The Xiangxi Gu Truth (Prequel to Gu Watch) 克苏鲁之湘西蛊真(蛊观外传前篇) Cthulhu: The Gu Sorcery of Western Hunan (Prequel to Gu Watching) 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Douluo Dalu: Whispers of World-Eroding Darkness 斗罗之蚀世低语 Eldritch-style plot No Tang San On the day of my Martial Soul Awakening, my mirror shattered. They all call me a waste, a laughingstock: the first person in Douluo Dalu to have Innate Full Soul Power yet a shattered Martial Soul. In this world, filled with the whispers of outer gods, I will use this cracked mirror to reflect the truth, devour madness, and hold a funeral for this rusting world... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 My Body Is Slowly Becoming That of an Ancient God 我的身体在慢慢古神化 I was tainted by the Abyss, and my body is irreversibly transforming into that of an Old God. My bones twist, strange patterns spread, and everything in my field of vision is an indescribable horror. Anyone who looks at me loses their sanity and goes mad. Every time I use my powers, I lose another piece of my humanity forever. In the eyes of the world, I am a monster, an outcast to be feared and shunned. Then the evil gods descended, the rules collapsed, and all things fell into ruin. Humanit 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 My Inspiration Is Maxed Out From the Start, and It Has Its Eye on Me! 开局灵感拉满，我被祂盯上了！ [Steampunk]+ [A touch of Lovecraftian horror]+ [Fantasy adventure]+ [Not a mindless power fantasy]+ [Slow burn] When the stars return to their proper places and worlds overlap, Li Pingyi from Earth merges with Rhine from another world. Here, steam engines roar and the supernatural and uncanny permeate everything. This is the best of times, and the worst of times. New collides with old; flesh and soul intertwine. Nobles and commoners, capitalism and feudalism. As the lambs of the present age bas 125Reads6.8Score116Shelves
- 41 The World Turned Eerie the Moment I Became a Fairy! 刚成为仙子世界就发生了诡变！ (Male-to-female transformation, ancient gods, divine authority, somewhat Lovecraftian, no female lead) An old woman, her life nearly at its end, suffers betrayal by her partner. Driven completely mad, she steals a god’s “authority,” determined to exact revenge even if it means bringing all of Canglan to ruin. The world twists. Cultivators possessed by demons mutate beyond recognition, while demons rampage everywhere. Beneath the chaos and distortion of the wasteland, Bai Xi and Di Jiang set out —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Daoist Has Gone Mad 道爷疯了 [Supernatural Horror + Eastern Lovecraftian Horror + Ruthless and Decisive + Cold-Hearted + Frenzied and Deranged] Lu Shushan woke up... His dead wife was the bride in a ghost marriage, and he was the groom! Lu Shushan woke up again... A perfectly ordinary life, dull beyond belief. Lu Shushan woke up at last... He was Xuanxiao, a Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, adrift on the eerie Sea of the Dead. All around him were frenzied immortals and Buddhas, man-eating strange gods, and a world gone 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Man Who Could Not Carry the Coffin 不能拖棺的人 [Western fantasy + Lovecraftian horror + another world + one heroine + search for memories + villain protagonist + ensemble cast + slow burn] When history becomes a curse, memory itself is the original sin I woke in the ruins with nothing but empty memories and a lonely soul. Searching for the person I used to be, I followed my past through city after city. Along the way, I saw the forgotten “Hero” and “Demon King,” the great and evil ancient sorcerer Ibon, three hundred years of horrors, grudge —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Uncanny Returns, So Why Has Cthulhu Returned Too? 诡异复苏，怎么克苏鲁也复苏了？ [Cthulhu Mythos] + [Eldritch Creatures] + [Eerie Revival] + [Eastern and Western Mythologies] + [Semi-Infinite Flow] Eerie phenomena have returned worldwide, and their deadly rules are sweeping across the globe. Either drive the ghosts back to the underworld, or seal them inside your own body. Ghost hunters around the world join forces. B-Rank Phenomenon: Vengeful Ghost A bodiless, invisible ghost that devours people. A-Rank Phenomenon: Ghost Wedding Make your skin the groom and your bones the b 7Reads—Score119Shelves
- 45 To Hell with Cthulhu, Give Me Back My Wise Emperor Gaozong of Tang 去你的克苏鲁，还我英明唐高宗 [Plot-driven + character growth + no female lead + light historical flavor + dual transmigration + eerie elements + satisfying action] Evil Outer Gods invade, and the ancient gods of Huaxia fall. Traveling between past and present, a battle over authority and divinity begins. Who will raise the curtain, and who will write the final chapter? I, Chen Zhen, the only history major to graduate with a perfect record, have nothing but a pair of wrecked legs from working overtime. How can I beat up Uncl 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Divine Miracle: Judgment 神迹：裁决 I keep having the same nightmare: skyscrapers made of flesh and blood, my family’s faces embedded in the walls. It wasn’t until I ran into the same deformed monster in an alley in the real world that I understood: it wasn’t a dream, but a prophecy. My father said I had attracted the attention of the god called “Order” and could see through the essence of all things. But my eyes tell me that Lin Hao, who smiled and said, “Looks like we were fated to meet,” is no ordinary person. There’s a strange 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Arcane Gear: I Devour the Old Ones with the System 诡秘齿轮：我靠系统吞噬旧日 The age of the fog-shrouded city, where steam roars and machinery intertwines with the occult. Whispers of the Old Gods echo, while forbidden knowledge stirs beneath the surface. Investigator Abel Carter was born into an ordinary life, but during a mine collapse he unexpectedly acquired a strange System. Deep within the world lurk nine unknowable Great Old Ones. Humanity relies on a blend of steam technology and occult arts to create supernatural professions such as Espers and Mechanics. Bearing 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 I Slay the Gods Among Men 我在人间斩神明 I walked through the bustling city night with a cross-blade in hand, slaying the gods and demons of the world. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 I Achieved Cthulhu in Genshin Impact 我在原神成就克苏鲁 Su Che transmigrates. Though it is hard to believe, he really has transmigrated, and into a world that is both familiar and strange. The familiar part is that it is Teyvat. The strange part is everything else: combat medic Barbara wields a Gatling gun one-handed, while Hu Tao becomes a killer king, taking out one nobody after another with a single shot. And that is not even the most outrageous part. This world has more than one god, and even has a complete Cthulhu Mythos. To survive in this worl 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Investigator: You’re Saying You’re an Outer God?! 调查员：你说你是外神？！ 3.2kReads—Score331Shelves
