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  1. 51 The Mountain Ghost Laughs 山鬼笑兮 Mystery382k WordsOngoing If there is someone on the mountain’s flank, wearing ivy and trailing creeping vines. Such beautiful words, so why is the truth so cruel? How much karma must be repaid in this lifetime? 9Reads—Score—14d adds
  2. 52 Haunted 撞邪 Mystery290k WordsCompleted Can you guarantee that the people around you are really human? A lowly office worker had always kept his head down and worked in silence, until one day he accidentally discovered that his coworkers weren’t human at all… To stay alive, he has to pretend everything is normal, struggling to survive in the narrow cracks of this place day after day… 4.2kReads8.4Score30414d adds
  3. 53 A Collection of Short Supernatural Stories 灵异故事短篇集 Mystery6.7M WordsCompleted A series of three-person adventures beginning with Chapter 1245. Each chapter is a standalone story, blending folk customs, urban legends, horror, suspense, and comedy. The six protagonists each have distinct personalities, taking you between terrifying thrills and lighthearted fun. Hope you enjoy! 161Reads—Score—14d adds
  4. 54 The Ghostly Blindfold 鬼蒙眼 Mystery531k WordsOngoing One night, Liu Zhiwei took a shortcut and ended up haunted by an evil spirit. Misfortune piled up, and he wound up drowning in debt. With no other choice, he and his equally hard-up friend Wu Cheng risked their lives to excavate Japanese tombs. Little did they know that they would go further and further down the road of grave robbing. —Reads—Score—14d adds
  5. 55 Four-House Village 四户村 Mystery214k WordsOngoing I live in Sihu Village, a place sheltered on all four sides. Just as its name suggests, Sihu Village has exactly four households, no more and no less. There is no life or death here, only reincarnation, once every twelve years. The rules of Sihu Village are simple: the master must not leave the village, and guests must not stay overnight. Then one day, I really did leave the village, breaking the rules... 12Reads—Score—14d adds
  6. 56 Heaven's Mandate: Yin and Yang 天命阴阳 Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted The Pixiu feeds on wealth from every corner of the world. It swallows all things but never excretes, attracting riches and gathering treasures, taking in but never giving out. On my eighteenth birthday, I met a girl who completely bewitched me. But I never expected that she would actually… 1.5kReads8.4Score19514d adds
  7. 57 Unorthodox Cultivation: Borrowing Luck to Become an Immortal 旁门左道,借运修仙 Urban426k WordsOngoing [System with No Romance] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Unorthodox Cultivation] [Farming] Reborn for a second life, he finds himself in the world of the game Ascension to Immortality. How could he not soar above the nine heavens and witness the vicissitudes of the world? What if he can't obtain a proper cultivation method, or win the favor of gods and Buddhas? So what if he takes an unorthodox path? Build up a solid foundation. With a million points of providential luck at my disposal, I can pluck the 337Reads6.2Score10014d adds
  8. 58 The Cycle of the Ghost Soldiers' Crossing 阴兵借道之轮回 Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing Deep within the Sacred Ruins Temple, the ancient Sacred Ruins Dragon slowly opened its star-bright eyes. Its gaze held a profound wisdom, as if it could see through every mystery in the world. Luo Aiai stood before the Sacred Ruins Dragon, her face showing a hint of nervousness and anticipation. Who am I? Her hands were clasped tightly together, as though seeking comfort. But when she felt the Sacred Dragon’s gentle yet powerful aura, the tension in her heart gradually faded. “You are... Your bo 1Reads7.8Score—14d adds
  9. 59 The Yin-Yang Medium 通灵阴阳师 Mystery151k WordsOngoing This is a world teeming with ghosts and monsters, where strange and inexplicable events happen every day. After transmigrating, Wang Tian gained the ability to see through things and communicate with spirits and all living beings. He thought he could live a carefree life, but the System nearly drained his lifespan. By an unexpected turn of events, he became a yin-yang master. With little time left to live, Wang Tian had no choice but to exorcise demons and avenge the wronged dead to extend his 7Reads—Score—14d adds
  10. 60 The Ultimate Ghost-Raising Master 极品养鬼师 Mystery38k WordsOngoing [Adult] + [Adorable Pets] + [Sharp Tongue] + [Making Money] + [Secret Arts] Do you know how to raise ghosts? No worries, I do! Do you know how to catch ghosts? No worries, I do that too! Do you know where to find ghosts? No worries, I’ll take you there! Watch your step. Get in! —Reads—Score—14d adds
  11. 61 Rule Horror: My Reports Decide Who Lives and Dies 规则怪谈:我的报道能判生死 Mystery207k WordsOngoing Late one night, he called a ride-hailing car. It had a 4.99 rating, but not a single review. That was because the driver had been dead for three years. From that night on, Lin Shen’s yin-yang eyes opened wide for good. A woman in white wanders through an unfinished building. At midnight, you must hold the elevator door open for her. A delivery rider keeps making deliveries even after death. If the vengeful spirit receives a bad review, it will knock on your door. There’s an extra empty chair —Reads—Score—14d adds
  12. 62 My Years as a Tomb Raider 我盗墓的那些年 Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted Years ago, my father injured himself falling while gathering medicinal herbs in the mountains to pay for my tuition. With the mounting medical bills, I had no choice but to go tomb-raiding with someone. I thought I was just going to make a quick buck, never imagining I’d fall into an abyss so deep I could never climb back out. Over the years, the things I experienced while raiding tombs have often come back to me when I least expect it: a Peach Blossom Spring unlike any other, a tomb afflicted b 581Reads7.0Score10714d adds
  13. 63 The Yin-Yang Geomancer’s Legacy 阴阳地师传 Mystery158k WordsCompleted At ten years old, I slew a white serpent and subdued a hundred ghosts. The generals of the underworld called me “little brother.” Using feng shui, the art of Qimen, and Taoist magic, I solved one strange murder case after another! It all began with the corpse of a man in a cornfield! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
  14. 64 Tomb Raiding: I Bound a Fusion System and Became a Red-Haired Corpse King 盗墓:绑定融合系统,我成了红犼 Mystery659k WordsOngoing Qin Mo, a man from the 21st century, falls into an abyss during an earthquake and transmigrates into a red jiangshi in a Jin dynasty general’s tomb. With help from a fusion System, he awakens the bloodline of the Primordial Jiangchen, regains human form, and gains extraordinary powers. His immense strength intimidates Lao Hu and Wang Pangzi, who came to raid the tomb. He takes them on as his underlings, and together they brave dangerous places like the Ancient City of Jingjue and the Longling La —Reads—Score—14d adds
  15. 65 Daoist Bai Mei, Matchmaker of the Dead 白媒道长 Mystery234k WordsCompleted Welcome to the works of Pangtou Yu! The author will do their best to bring you exciting stories. Thank you for your support and for sharing your criticism. Wishing all readers the best of luck. —Reads—Score—14d adds
  16. 66 The Last Grave Chaser 最后一个撵坟人 Mystery202k WordsOngoing [Tomb raiding + the supernatural + suspense + Taoist arts + feng shui + spirit-walking + witchcraft + no System + original, not fanfiction + slow burn] In southwest China, there is a little-known profession whose practitioners are called grave chasers. They read the flow of qi and water, scour the mountains and track down tombs, and are experts in feng shui, burial sites, Taoist arts, and witchcraft. What are grave chasers really looking for? How did I get dragged into all this? It all began whe 7Reads—Score—14d adds
  17. 67 Chen Pi, the Tomb Raider Cultivator 盗墓之修仙者陈皮 Mystery346k WordsCompleted “Thieves, merchants, officials: the Nine Families. Walk in the light, sail in the dark, and remember: grab a shoulder, never a hand. Circle the black coffin, topple the black tower, drive out corpses with talismans drawn on their foreheads. This is the Nine Families' tomb-raiding verse, passed down through generations.” I, Chen Pi, will be no thief, merchant, or official. I only wish to become an immortal, free of the mortal world and at peace beyond it! 289Reads—Score10414d adds
  18. 68 Tomb Raiding: The Fatty Dug Me Up from Savage Valley 盗墓:被胖子从野人沟挖出来 Mystery395k WordsCompleted (The early plot follows Lao Hu, as well as some storylines with Wu Xie and Xiaoge.) Zhang Lin transmigrates into the body of an outsider whose bloodline has been altered, carrying the blood of the Qilin! With a trait System, he dominates the tomb-raiding world! From the Wild Man Ravine to the terrifying Demon Kingdom, and the Queen of Jingjue who lives in symbiosis with a tree! A celestial palace reaching into the clouds, and the South Sea tomb beneath a sea of paper figures! A demonized tomb-ra 928Reads6.4Score—14d adds
  19. 69 Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 Mystery311k WordsCompleted The paper effigies my grandfather made could subdue spirits and drive away evil energy. He passed this craft down to me alone. Back in his day, my grandfather was a renowned master in the world of feng shui. I thought I could carry on his legend, but I was set up as soon as I struck out on my own. It turns out there’s another me in this world! (No System, no mindless protagonist, no stale tropes, no cultivation.) 428Reads6.9Score—14d adds
  20. 70 Usurping Heaven's Mandate 篡天命 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The arts of the Dao often say, “Fate can be known, but not changed; calamities can be calculated, but not avoided.” Yet when my grandpa passed down three ghost coins to me, he told me there was another kind of person in this world, someone who could toy with destiny as if it were in the palm of their hand. I’m one of those people who gamble with life: I gamble with other people’s lives, and with my own. But if you want to gamble with Heaven, you have to find a coffin first... 534Reads7.2Score—14d adds
  21. 71 I Became a Skinner After Moving Into the Apartment 入住公寓后成了剥皮匠 Mystery237k WordsCompleted On the day I moved in, the building manager handed me a rusty key and a yellowed set of house rules. “Light the red lantern in the living room every night. If it goes out, hide under the bed immediately.” Next door lived a qipao-clad female ghost who loved to sing. Downstairs was a doctor with a peculiar taste for blood. To stay alive, I lit the lantern on time every day, until the power went out on the seventh night. The instant the lantern went dark, I saw the dried corpses of the previous ten 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  22. 72 Tomb Raiding: The Tides of Terror in the South Seas 盗墓之南洋惊潮 Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted I ran into trouble in the western territories and couldn’t stay there any longer, so I went to seek refuge with my maternal uncle in Vietnam. I became an antiques appraisal expert in his business smuggling cultural relics, started a new life abroad, and joined the ranks of treasure hunters. That also gave me the chance to search for tombs underwater. But I never expected to stumble upon a great tomb in a border town. At its entrance was an unmistakably ancient mark: the family emblem of the Ghos 7Reads6.8Score—14d adds
  23. 73 The Maoshan Taoist 茅山道士 Mystery744k WordsCompleted There are many things in this world that are unknown to most people. Five hundred years ago, hordes of ghosts and monsters roamed near the Kunlun Mountains. They fed on the spiritual qi generated by the Kunlun Dragon Vein and grew powerful enough to wreak havoc on the human world. For reasons unknown, the Nine Hells shattered, leaving the souls of humans and other living beings with nowhere to go after death. They gathered at the Kunlun Mountains, where they absorbed the spiritual qi of heaven a 20Reads7.5Score—14d adds
  24. 74 Tomb Robbing: Taotie Subdues the World! 盗墓之饕餮镇世! Mystery179k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding] [Classic of Mountains and Seas] [Ancient Mythology] Chen Xuan transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world and gains the inheritance of Taotie from the start. He thinks he can live as freely as he likes, but the System's main quest leads him to open a forbidden door! An ancient inscription records that the four corners of the cosmos were not originally guarded by the Four Divine Beasts. Instead, four great ancient fiends ruled the four corner realms! In eighty years, Chen Xuan has deci 690Reads—Score17314d adds
  25. 75 Forbidden Burial Ground 阴坟禁地 Mystery352k WordsOngoing The beautiful female corpse in the yin grave turns out to have been my wife in a previous life... In this life, a female Taoist priest has taken a liking to me. The beautiful female corpse and the sexy Taoist priestess in fishnet stockings are fighting over me? How am I supposed to choose...? 4Reads5.9Score—14d adds
  26. 76 The New Taiping Guangji: Records of Supernatural Survival 新太平广记:非自然生存实录 Mystery327k WordsOngoing “Stay away from Duan Fei! He’s a jinx who meddles with yin and yang and throws the Three Realms into chaos!” The warning from the darkness is filled with despair. “So what if he’s a jinx? I’m going to uncover the secrets of the Six Paths behind him.” The voice is brimming with arrogance. “Uncover them? You’re pushing yourself into the cracks between the Three Realms, straight into the Six Paths’ deadliest abyss!” The whisper sinks into the bones. A deadly mystery spanning life and death acros —Reads—Score—14d adds
  27. 77 Coffin Shop No. 444 棺材铺444号 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted In the vast north stands an old town forgotten by time and snow: Qishan Town. At its eastern end is a shop older than the town itself. It has no sign, but everyone knows its address: 444. It is a coffin shop. The Lin family coffin shop has been passed down for 347 years. Its keeper has always been the sole heir of each generation, and every one has obeyed a strict rule: close the doors at sunset; if someone knocks at midnight, do not answer if they are alive. They say answering will awaken thin 11Reads—Score—14d adds
  28. 78 Zhang Laosan Tells Stories 张老三讲故事 Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Long, long ago, a strange calamity struck Kaoshan Village, deep in the old forests of Northeast China. Hunter Li Dashan kept watch over a coffin on a snowy night and encountered a weasel spirit that spoke like a human, asking him to give it a title. One careless remark from him exposed a bloody secret from twenty years earlier. When the statue of the Yellow Immortal on the ancestral hall’s altar split with bloody cracks on the night of a lunar eclipse, when a golden-haired weasel burst from a pe 8Reads—Score—14d adds
  29. 79 A Grave Robber's True Records 盗墓贼的真实笔录 Mystery635k WordsOngoing No romance. A true account of grave robbing. Follow my perspective and see the most authentic world of tomb raiding. Want to get rich? Rob a tomb. Make ten thousand yuan overnight: that was life back in our day. One trip into a tomb could earn you tens of thousands at the very least, or hundreds of thousands, even over a million. There’s not much startup capital needed for this line of work, and it’s more thrilling than gambling. There are no traps or ghosts in these tombs. The ones you need to 32.8kReads7.6Score2.6k14d adds
  30. 80 Tomb Raiding: My Years with the Northern School 盗墓:我在北派那些年 Mystery597k WordsOngoing [Tomb raiding + adventure + treasure appraisal] I'm a poor kid from the countryside in Henan. I dropped out of middle school, and after an accident, I joined a tomb-raiding gang. That was when the gears of fate began to turn. Over the years, I've faced countless dangers, seen countless treasures, and learned just how hard it is to read people's hearts. Geese leave their calls behind as they fly by; people leave their names behind as they pass through life. I've written down my story in the hope 144Reads—Score—14d adds
  31. 81 The Eight Immortals Bear a Coffin, While the Weasel Bows 八仙抬棺,黄皮子磕头 Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted A filial son's head rolls through the streets. The living die, and their descendants bury them. Sons kneel; daughters become nuns. My dad is the only one in the village who can see and interpret omens. This is the story of the strange and wondrous things I witnessed after taking up his mantle! 243Reads6.4Score10814d adds
  32. 82 Tomb Raiding: Descendant of the Hen Tian Clan, Starting from Guixu! 盗墓:恨天氏遗民,从归墟开始! Mystery201k WordsCompleted [South Sea Tomb + Tomb Raiding + The Golden Triangle + Hatian Tribe + treasure appraisal + adventure] The Tomb Raiding novel that took 2023 by storm is here! Su Chen transmigrates into the world of “South Sea Tomb.” He also gains a sign-in System and takes on the identity of a descendant of the ancient Hatian Tribe, a Dragon Household Tanka. Bearing a map of the underwater formations and wielding a Dragon-Arc Water-Splitting Sword, how could he possibly miss the Coral Spiral and the Ruins? He'll 656Reads6.4Score—14d adds
  33. 83 The Most Terrifying Class on Campus 高校里最恐怖的班级 Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted A classmate who had been dead for two years suddenly spoke in the group chat. At first, everyone thought it was someone's prank, until the first classmate died unexpectedly. Only then did they realize this was no prank... 792Reads—Score—14d adds
  34. 84 Tomb Raiding: The Golden Silkworm's Transformation, Devouring the Angry-Crowing Rooster from the Start 盗墓:金蚕变之开局吞噬怒晴鸡 Mystery359k WordsCompleted Qin Zhenbei transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world. Thanks to the metamorphosis of his Golden Silkworm Transformation body... he rises to prominence in Nuqing Xiangxi, carving a ruthless path to dominance in Shacheng and becoming the... Great Demon God whose very name terrifies the world! 5.3kReads7.2Score28514d adds
  35. 85 The Drought Demon's Bone 旱魃骨 Mystery533k WordsCompleted My name is Yin Jian. I crawled out of my mother’s corpse three days after she died. I was born bearing the bones of Hanba, foremost among evil bones... Where Hanba appears, a thousand miles of land turn barren... But this barren land isn’t dry earth. It’s a blood-soaked wasteland... I inherited the legacy of the Shenxiao Sect, becoming its last disciple and the final disciple of the sect... 452Reads7.0Score—14d adds
  36. 86 The Last Dragon Keeper 最后一个豢龙师 Urban1.9M WordsCompleted People say that wherever the water is five zhang deep, there must be a monster. Tales of water monsters have circulated since ancient times, and hunting them is a real profession in this world. As he lay dying, Lu Chen’s grandfather passed down a book called The Lost Dragon-Rearing Manual and warned him not to study its contents. But curiosity got the better of him, and he opened it. After testing his skills, he slew a giant golden perch in a lake and obtained the rare treasure Golden-Scale Dew 898Reads7.6Score10214d adds
  37. 87 Tomb Raiding: In Ghost Blows Out the Light, I Scared the Zongzi Half to Death 盗墓:人在鬼吹灯把粽子给六麻了 Mystery498k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Candle in the Tomb + System + Evenly Matched + Taoist Arts + No Female Lead] Light a candle when entering a tomb, and the ghost blows it out. In this ghost-lamp world, I’m always evenly matched with my opponents; So what if the flesh fungus and bronze coffin let King Xian succeed in cultivating immortality? I can still take him down; What truths lie behind the mysteries surrounding the Faqiu, Mojin, Banshan, Xiling, and Guanshan factions? King Xian (PS): At first I thought he was 5Reads5.3Score—14d adds
  38. 88 A Collection of Folk Supernatural Tales, Part One 民间灵异事件合集(上) Mystery6k WordsCompleted Collection of Strange Supernatural Tales from the Countryside, Part One 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  39. 89 Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I Become the Ninth Gate's Young Master Fo 盗墓:开局成为九门小佛爷 Mystery184k WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines + comedy + humor + wit + morally ambiguous] Zhang Rui transmigrates to a whole new world of tomb raiding and becomes Zhang Dafoye's godson, the Ninth Gate's Young Buddha, and the director of Special Department 076. Zhang Rui obtains the Do-Whatever-You-Want Tomb-Raiding System. The System issues missions based on Zhang Rui's deepest desires. Completing a mission earns rewards, while failing or refusing one results in punishment. System: [Mission punishment: confess your lo 79Reads6.5Score—14d adds
  40. 90 Master Ma Jiu Hunts Demons 马九爷捉妖 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Tianjin, where the Jiuriver meets the sea, has been home to strange tales since ancient times. If you don’t believe me, then listen as I tell you a ghost story from Tianjin: how Ninth Master Ma hunted demons. Speaking of Ninth Master Ma, he was truly a remarkable man. And before long, strange things began to happen... 1.2kReads9.1Score12814d adds
  41. 91 The Ominous Coffin 凶棺 Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted 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! 125Reads—Score—14d adds
  42. 92 The God in the Cage 笼中之神 Mystery155k WordsOngoing This is a requiem for prisoners, echoing between the abyss of reality and illusion. When the prison of consciousness is exposed, will you choose to sink into a sweet lie, or awaken to a cruel truth and be destroyed? The answer was already decided from the very start of the search. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  43. 93 The Delivery Guy's Guide to Changing His Fate 外卖小哥改命指南 Mystery233k WordsCompleted By day, he’s a lowly delivery rider. By night, he reads fortunes. Amid the everyday hustle and bustle of the city, he helps gods, monsters, and ordinary citizens defy fate and rewrite their destinies, all while turning himself into a legend. —Reads—Score—14d adds
  44. 94 The King of Face Reading 观相之王 Mystery345k WordsCompleted This novel is complex and brainy, not a lightweight read. If that’s not your thing, don’t read it. Ensemble cast + mind games + the supernatural + climbing the ranks and getting rich + foretelling good and bad fortune + solving mysteries through face reading and divination. “I’d like to ask about my health using the character ‘six.’” “Certainly. The character ‘six’ looks like a person dismembered into several pieces, with the head separated from the body.” Why are some people blessed with endle 5Reads—Score—14d adds
  45. 95 Welcome to the Nightmare Livestream!!! 欢迎来到噩梦直播间!!! Mystery125k WordsOngoing My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
  46. 96 On the Night of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a Yin-Born Child 七月半,阴生胎 Mystery222k WordsOngoing The day I was born, a monster that came running down from the mountain stole a baby. Strange things kept happening in the village. The villagers listened all night to my mother’s wretched cries and cursed me as an ill-omened child. They blocked the entrance to our home, saying they would burn me alive. My grandfather simply sat by the gate, and not one of them dared come closer. A baby’s piercing wail rang out, and I came into this world. You need some skills to make your way in life. My name is 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  47. 97 Strange Tales of a Mountain Village: The Baby’s Eye and Hand 山村诡事之婴眼手 Mystery9k WordsCompleted The Strange Events of a Mountain Village: Baby-Eyed Hand —Reads—Score—14d adds
  48. 98 Celestial Official of the Corpse-Subduing Sect 镇尸天官 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The unfathomable mystery of immortality, horrifying strange happenings in a mountain village, a mysterious ancient tomb buried deep beneath the earth, and ancient legends from the barren wilderness... None of it should have had anything to do with me. But after my grandfather's bizarre death, I could no longer escape my fate and was dragged into this endless conspiracy... 441Reads7.3Score10214d adds
  49. 99 Tomb Raiding: Reborn in Republican-Era China, I Became the Chief of the Xieling Bandits 盗墓:重生民国,我为卸岭总把头 Mystery300k WordsCompleted Chen Yufeng is born into the Republican era and becomes the second-in-command of the Xieling faction. From the start, he imprisons Chen Yulou and awakens the Immortal Clan System. The stronger his family’s influence, the more resources they gain, and the more resource packages they receive. With his initial resource package, Chen Yufeng gains the bloodlines of the Ancient Gods and the Titan God Clan, laying the foundation for a transcendent family. Watch as Chen Yufeng leads a hundred thousand X 707Reads5.7Score10314d adds
  50. 100 Sewing Up Corpses at the Funeral Home, Until I Stitched Up My Blind Date 殡仪馆缝尸,缝到相亲对象 Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted I learned corpse sewing from my grandma as a child. Before I even graduated from vocational school, funeral homes everywhere were clamoring to hire me. My monthly salary was 100,000 yuan, plus commission. Everyone said it was easy money, but nobody knew that a corpse seamstress stitches flesh and skin while laying restless souls to rest. My very first job went horribly wrong. When the body bag opened, I recognized that face at once. Wasn’t she the girlfriend who had slept beside me last night? A 1.5kReads6.9Score11914d adds

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