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- 1 From a Purple Pufferfish to a Nuclear Disaster 从一头紫色河豚，化身核弹天灾 [Mysterious setting + human nuclear bomb + calamities + decisive and ruthless + power fantasy] Calamities descend, disasters of every kind erupt one after another, and cataclysms on the scale of natural disasters sweep across the world! Scalding magma becomes a natural disaster, scorching the world. Surging tides roar wildly, drowning the continents. Hurricanes twist into invisible demons, tearing apart the sky. The earth trembles and opens abyss-like fissures, swallowing all life. Natural d 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Mystery Revival: Ashes of Shadows Across the World 神秘复苏之影烬世间 [No System + Survival + Supernatural Revival + No Saintly Protagonist + Tied to the Original + Not Invincible] “The world is mired in the Five Turbidities, hell is empty, ghosts are returning, and the human world is a living hell.” This is a fanfiction of Mystery Revival, set after Yang Jian destroyed the Circle of Friends in the original story. It follows the protagonist, Chen Sui, and how he grows step by step in this desperate age. “From the moment I took control of a ghost, I was no longer a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Mystery Revival: Liu San 神秘复苏之柳三 Mystery Revival: Liu San 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 An Unstoppable Ghost Bailiff from the Start, Suppressing Ten Thousand Ghosts with One Hand 开局无解鬼差，只手压制万鬼 [Unsolvable Horror + Vengeful Ghost Revival + Decisive and Ruthless + Real Ghosts + Smart, Satisfying Read] From the mysterious notes his grandfather left behind after his death, Zhou Li discovers that he is a ghost. His abilities are simple: unsolvable suppression, and the power to devour any ghost weaker than himself. In this world, ghosts cannot be killed. They have no consciousness and embody absolute terror. The mysterious notes tell him to close a black coffin, but doing so awakens a forbi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Mystery Revival: The Ghost Thief 神秘复苏：窃鬼人 Steal wealth, pilfer fruit, take lives, rob Heaven. What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is still mine. This novel has two protagonists and no female lead. They’re decisive in killing and have just about enough wits to get by. They start out invincible in Huanggang Village. They’ll save people, but they won’t sacrifice themselves to do it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Mystery Revival: I Trade with Evil Spirits 神秘复苏：我和厉鬼做交易 Mystery Revival: I Trade with Evil Spirits 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Mysterious Revival! A New Era 神秘复苏！新纪元 A century has passed since Yang Jian put an end to the supernatural era, and life has been peaceful for a hundred years. But has the supernatural really come to an end? Ghosts are immortal. They cannot be destroyed. At the start of this century, they appeared again. I am now living through the most despairing moment of all… 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Ghost Handler's Notes 驭鬼者笔记 Evil ghosts are rising, and the human world has become a living hell. Ghosts cannot be killed. The only thing that can fight ghosts is another ghost. A college student named Mu Yang is caught up in a supernatural incident after an accident and becomes a ghost handler. But he discovers that supernatural events are erupting all over the world. Evil ghosts are rising: hanging ghosts, big-headed ghosts, ghost crows, underground ghosts, ghosts that hide among people... In this apocalypse ruled by gho —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Terror Returns, and I Am Hell’s Apostle 恐怖复苏，我为地狱使徒 [When night falls, the dead dare not cry; the plague ghost exhales, and the lantern flame turns green] [Evil spirits revive + the three laws of ghosts + apocalypse + no saintly heroine + no female lead] Where do evil spirits come from? The netherworld. Where does hell come from? Fear. As evil spirits revive, the human world becomes a living hell. In this age of the supernatural, there are no gods to protect the people. The only way to find a sliver of hope is to overcome fear and command evil sp —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Paranormal Revival: Reforging the Eerie Ear 灵异复苏之诡耳重塑 After Chen Er failed during a paranormal incident, he left vital information at a point in time and sent it back to his past self, beginning a new life! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Supernatural Revival: The Supernatural Age Is Not Over 灵异复苏：灵异时代没有终结 [Paranormal Resurgence] [A Meat Grinder for Ghost Tamers] [Ghost-Hair Jeanne d'Arc] [A Battle of Wits Under Pressure] When the paranormal age dawns, the entire world is plunged into terror of evil spirits. Wang Dao is an ordinary man whose only wish is to enter the Safe Zone, a place that symbolizes hope. To that end, he deliberately seeks out Paranormal File No. 49: [Ghost Hair]. From then on, he becomes neither human nor ghost. He joins Bureau 749 and handles one of the most difficult and biza —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Third Book by Golden Pocket 黄金口袋的第3本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Class Belle Dies Horribly from the Start: I Join a Secret Department 开局班花惨死：我加入神秘部门 In class, do you ever find yourself staring at the ceiling fan, imagining what it would be like if it fell? Then one day... it really did. But it wasn't the only thing to fall: the class beauty's head was sliced right off! After witnessing it all, Su Bei pulled back his blanket one night and found the class beauty holding her own head, smiling at him. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Eerie Revival: Mastering a Conceptual Ghost from the Start 诡异复苏：开局驾驭概念鬼 A bizarre funeral ritual spreads through an entire village. After realizing something is wrong, Su Qing makes survival his second priority. He then discovers by chance that the custom ghost is a formless conceptual ghost. By exploiting the way supernatural entities counter one another, he successfully gains control of it. Ten years of supernatural horrors erupt all at once. Newcomer Su Qing takes on a rescue mission, only to find himself facing the Original Sin of Gluttony. He barely manages to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Horror Revival: Ghosts Walk Among Us 恐怖复苏之鬼临人间 My name is Yang Shou. By the time you read this, it means I have transmigrated. The Starving Ghost has broken free, the ghost enforcers have gone berserk, and the Ghost Painting Incident has struck the country. Headquarters is powerless to fight back, and the situation across the country collapses in an instant. Foreign ghost tamers watch hungrily from the sidelines. Yang Shou, a ghost tamer at headquarters, is accidentally caught up in the ghost enforcer incident and meets an untimely end. But 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Third Book by Returning Veteran 老兵归来的第3本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Mystery Revival: My Vengeful Ghosts Come at No Cost 神秘复苏：我的厉鬼没有代价 He transmigrates into The Mysterious Revival. While everyone else risks their lives controlling ghosts, I control the [Ghost Girl] from the start, with no price to pay! Jun Zhengyue arrives in a despairing haunted domain, still shaken, only to discover that he can issue absolute commands to a mysterious and unpredictable ghost girl! No corruption, no revival, and no price to pay! She is the sharpest blade under the chilling rules of this world, and Jun Zhengyue’s only means of surviving in this 109Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Mystery Revival: The Ninth Generation of the Wang Family 神秘复苏：我是王家第九代 Vengeful ghosts have returned, and the human world is a living hell. One generation sinks into ruin, while the next rises in its place. Two hundred years after the supernatural was brought to an end… (Supernatural + horror + character growth + no female lead + no System) 463Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Horror Resurges: I Control the Book of Ghosts and Command Life and Death 恐怖复苏，我驾驭诡书，执掌生死 [Set in the world of Mysterious Revival] [No System] [No heroine] [Fast-paced] [Mild horror] [Original instances] My name is Cui Jue. In this world, evil spirits have revived and the paranormal runs rampant. I command a Ghost Codex, tread through ghostly domains, and search for a way to survive. When the people of this age call my true name, it will mean the paranormal era has finally come to an end! I went through life and death to get here. I'm not here to reason with you. Take them down! Take 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Supernatural Revival: From the Start, I Control Two Evil Ghosts 灵异复苏：我开局驾驭双厉鬼 [Eerie Revival]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Ghost-Taming]+ [Three Laws of Vengeful Ghosts] [First-Person Version] My name is Feng Du. I’m a dead man whose heart was cut out by a crooked hospital, so why am I still alive? And whose heart is inside my body now? Is it human, or is it a ghost’s? I don’t know. I just want to find the bastard who cut out my heart and tear him limb from limb. On my way to get revenge, I encountered a second vengeful ghost. It defeated me and left me on the brink of deat 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Mystery Revival: Embracing All Rivers 神秘复苏之纳百川 With so many fantasy and immortal-cultivation worlds out there, why did I have to end up in a world of supernatural horror? How am I supposed to survive here? More importantly, why don't I have a cheat ability? No, I have to keep my head down and stay away from all kinds of paranormal incidents. That's right. That's the plan. But why did I get caught up in a paranormal incident as soon as I arrived? I swear, I can't take this. Lin Ran suddenly finds himself in a world of supernatural horror. Wit 1Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 22 Ghosts Knocked at My Door From the Start, and I Became a Ghost Tamer 开局鬼敲门，我成了驭鬼者 [Supernatural resurgence + no goody-two-shoes heroine + not dark + all-new ghost scenarios] They say ghosts can't be killed. They say understanding the rules is the only way to survive. They're wrong. My name is Lu Chuan. When the rules of an evil spirit became part of me, I finally understood. There's only one true way to survive: Become something... more terrifying than a ghost. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Eerie Revival: I Commanded the Masked Ghost from the Start 诡异复苏：我开局驾驭鬼面 Note: The author’s long gaps between updates aren’t because the story has been discontinued. Every day, before posting a new chapter, the author resets the previous content, so new chapters may take longer to update. New readers don’t need to worry about the story being abandoned; just read the reset version. [Supernatural revival + Three Great Laws + no female lead + not a self-sacrificing saint + decisive and ruthless + doesn’t fawn on headquarters + slow burn] In an age of the Five Turbiditie 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Mystery Revival: The Ghost Mask 神秘复苏之鬼面具 Mystery Revival: The Ghost Mask 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Reawakening in the Mysterious Revival 神秘复苏之重新开始 As time passed, Yang Jian’s consciousness began to return. By using supernatural deductions in Baishui Town, he searched for a way to save himself, hoping to return to the Seventh High School, a place filled with memories. After restarting that special world of Baishui Town again and again, a memory carrying a special consciousness emerged. With this memory, Yang Jian began restarting the world... That memory became a new individual, Zhao Feng, while the last trace of Yang Jian’s intelligence re 4Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 26 Mystery Revival: I Became the Lord of Oblivion 神秘复苏：我成了遗忘之主 My name is Zhang Yuan. I’m a transmigrator with incomplete memories. My ability is to modify rules, and the price is accelerated memory loss. Now I’ve become a “Ruinswalker.” In a wasteland of rules where countless worlds lie buried, I built a base called [Wayfarer’s Beacon] and took in a bunch of bizarre companions. We’d just managed to pry some secrets of space from an ancient ruin through a bit of trickery... I mean, with wisdom and courage, when we looked up and discovered that The entire un 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Eerie Descent: Trapped in a Ghost Domain from the Start 诡异降临：开局被困鬼域 [Supernatural Resurgence + Urban Mysteries + Not Mindless + Horror + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted Humor] This world is dying. We observe the ghosts, and the ghosts observe us. Starting with that shopping mall, inexplicable horrors begin to invade reality. A bizarre ghost wedding, and I gained control of a ghost. I use the power it gave me to fight other ghosts. In this age of ghostly resurgence, when death is all but certain, I walk among the living, both human and ghost. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Heart-to-Heart Talks with a Vengeful Ghost 我和猛鬼谈谈心 “I'm a psychological counselor, but sometimes I have no choice but to have a heart-to-heart with vicious ghosts...” I'm Zhang Xinyan, and this is a record of my absurd life. Fate is like an invisible hand, leading me to use counseling to free suffering souls... Along this path, can I find the “answer” that has troubled me for years? Never in a million years did I think I'd become the protagonist of a novel one day... (This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Beli 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Yin Contract: I Sign Contracts with Vengeful Ghosts 阴契：我给厉鬼签合同 Mortuary Rules: If a corpse opens its eyes, freeze it immediately. If you hear knocking, do not answer. Once the lights go out, do not move. Chen Mo followed the rules for five years without a single incident. Until one night, when the six bodies he signed for became seven. The extra item was a piece of yellow paper that couldn't be burned. Written on it in blood were the words: “Sign, and live. Refuse, and die.” He signed his name in blood, and gained another identity. For every ghost he takes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Divine Hand 神赐手 A man from nowhere will turn back the overwhelming tide that makes the world a living hell. Bearing an eerie hand and a shadowy light, I am Xuanyue. When God finally descends, I will lose this world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Mystery Revival: The Ghost Face 神秘复苏之鬼面 He had barely transmigrated into the world of Mysterious Revival when he found himself on a bus. Chen Ming was at his wit's end, but luckily he had a golden finger: his consciousness couldn't be affected by evil spirits and stripped of his humanity. He immediately became an anomaly. Follow Chen Ming as he controls evil spirits, creates clones, and brings the revival of evil spirits to an end. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Mystery Revival: From the Start, I Commanded the Stomach Ghost 神秘复苏：开局驾驭胃戴鬼 [Gluttonous Ghost] [Listen up, guys, I won't say too much or waste your time. Let's dig in] I, Liangzi, had barely transmigrated into the world of Mysterious Revival when I was offered up as a sacrifice to an S-rank evil ghost? Faced with the snarling monster rushing at him, Li Buliang wasn't afraid at all. In fact, he felt... a little hungry? [Ding! High-energy spirit detected. The Hongmeng Gluttonous Stomach has been activated!] [Devour Mode: Activated!] As everyone watched in terror and despa 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Eerie: As If Falling into the Abyss 诡异：如坠无间 [Horror returns + controlling evil ghosts + paranormal clashes + weak blurb, intense story] Sitting at school, when ghosts come falling from the sky! My name is Xi Wang, and I'm an ordinary high school senior. That day, our school was haunted! My classmates and I were chased until we had nowhere to run, neither in the sky nor on the ground. I watched them die one by one. In despair, I ran into a strange clinic. I didn't have much of a choice if I wanted to survive, so I drank a bowl of something 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 A Guide to a New Era in Mysterious Resurgence 神秘复苏之崭新时代的领路者 Gu Yuan woke up to find that everything around him had become unfamiliar. He had transmigrated, his consciousness reborn inside someone else’s body. As time passed, he noticed his memories of his previous life growing blurry. His recollections seemed to have burned to ashes, leaving him bewildered and at a loss. He suddenly realized that he had become this way because the body’s original owner was still alive. Under that person’s influence, he had begun losing his memories, and even some of his 8Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 35 The Eerie Shadow of the Netherworld King 神秘复苏之诡阎幽影 Li Wen somehow transmigrated into the body of a recently deceased person in the world of Mysterious Revival, and somehow came to control a fierce ghost. With Old Qin around, Li Wen wanted to keep his head down. He didn't want to interfere with Yang Jian's rise, and planned to wait until the Hungry Ghost incident was over before heading to Dachang City, sticking close to Yang Jian and settling down for a peaceful life. But on the way to Dachang City, Li Wen ran into one mishap after another. His —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Mystery Reborn: The Secret of the Occult 神秘复苏之诡秘 In a world drowning in the Five Turbidities, the supernatural returns. He thought he was just an ordinary nobody, until one day he discovered that he had actually taken control of the supernatural. He wasn't a vengeful spirit, yet he was just as impossible to kill as one. In that case, he might as well grow stronger without restraint and uncover the secrets behind the paranormal. Ongoing, no female lead. A little kindhearted, but definitely no pushover. (A Lord of the Mysteries fan fiction) (The 6Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 37 The First Book by Jinye Guanlan 烬夜观澜的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 540Reads—Score111Shelves
- 38 Eerie Revival: My Ghost Hand Can Suppress Everything 诡异复苏：我的诡手能压制一切 You've got terrible luck if you've opened this novel. Shh, stay quiet. The eerie has its eyes on you! It's begun... P.S. Not a feel-good story, no System, no female lead, eerie phenomena are returning. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Eternal Blaze: My Ghostfire Evolves Without Limits 永恒燃烧，我的诡火无限进化 [This rating doesn't reflect the effort I've put in. Please give the story a chance and read it.] [The protagonist is a boy at first, but will become an adult later] / [Pseudo-invincible] / [Powers used to fight evil spirits] / [I'll fix any logical inconsistencies] When death no longer means the end, the world will be turned upside down! In the post-supernatural era, the man who once brought the supernatural age to an end has vanished, and the world has fallen into turmoil once more. Qin Mi 16Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 40 Mythic Revival: Subduing the Supernatural World 神话复苏：镇压灵异世界 Vengeful ghosts have risen, hell lies empty, and the human world has become a purgatory. After losing his memories for five years, Jiang Jiuli accidentally touches the strange brocade pouch his grandfather left behind. Hunted by evil spirits, he chooses to command ghosts in order to survive. A vengeful ghost enters his body, his memories return, and a forbidden plan to create a god begins to surface. From then on, he wields ghosts as weapons and traverses haunted realms, searching for the truth 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Mystery Revival: I Am Immortal 神秘复苏：我不死不灭 This is a world haunted by the paranormal. If you want to survive, your only choice is to control the most fearsome ghosts and stay alive! My name is Gu Fan. The living keep their distance, and the dead flee. I survived the paranormal resurgence. 9Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 42 Chizuru's Everyday Life in a Bizarre Game 千鹤的诡异游戏日常 (This book includes rule-based horror, the apocalypse, invisibility, stopped time, altered common sense, hypnosis, ghost control, disturbing characters, and other storylines.) Hidden beneath the surface of the world is a realm belonging solely to the paranormal. No one knows how it came to be. Everything humanity has is nourishment for these beings. Now a mysterious game is inviting people to join. The paranormal begins to emerge, and peaceful everyday life is gradually shattered. Beneath the se 176Reads—Score104Shelves
- 43 When Evil Ghosts Return, I Become a God by Taming Them in a Living Hell 厉鬼复苏，我于炼狱人间驭鬼成神 [This book has a dark, terrifying, and oppressive style. It's best read with the lights off in the middle of the night.] A strange bronze mirror foretells a future in which malicious ghosts revive across the world, guiding Chen Qingyu to find a way to survive in this desperate age. "If you don't want to be killed by a malicious ghost, you must become a dead person first." The Starving Ghost, the Hanging Ghost, the Ghost Bride, the Ghost Wall, the Waist-Wrapping Ghost... One paranormal incident a 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Mysterious Revival: The Museum 神秘复苏博物馆 Mysterious Revival: The Museum 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Mysterious Revival: The Ghost Hurricane Arc 神秘复苏鬼飓风篇 Mysterious Revival: The Ghost Hurricane Arc 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Horror Revival: The Ghost Child in My House Is Too Powerful 恐怖复苏：我家鬼童太强了 [Ghost-harnessing + lighthearted + no female lead] In the age of the supernatural, there was once a man who slaughtered countless ghosts, revered by the world as a god. The young protagonist encounters an S-rank supernatural entity, the Painted-Skin Ghost, from the start. One supernatural incident after another follows, leaving him nowhere to run. As ghosts return and the human world becomes a living hell, how can anyone survive? It takes exceptional courage, brilliant intelligence, unyieldin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Horror Revival: From the Start, I Have a Timid Ghost 恐怖复苏：开局一只胆小鬼 (No System + No Heroine + Global Ferocious Ghost Revival) In this age of the Five Turbidities, Hell is empty, ferocious ghosts are reviving, and the human world has become a living hell... By a stroke of fate, Mu Yu transmigrated with a cowardly ghost he had from the start and began his path as a ghost tamer... In this chaotic age, who will become the next legend: madmen, gamblers, geniuses, or ferocious ghosts? (Team Leader Yang and others may make guest appearances later on...) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Ghostly Fairy Tales: Starting with Controlling a Nightmare Ghost 鬼童话：从驾驭梦魇鬼开始 [Ferocious Ghost Revival] + [Slow Burn] + [Pure Romance] The Three Laws of Ferocious Ghosts: 1. Ghosts cannot be killed. 2. Understand the rules of a ghost. 3. Only a ghost can deal with a ghost. The “Nuo Ghost,” which can grant wishes about the future. The “Nightmare Ghost,” which can turn dreams into reality. The “Ghost Bride,” who harbors romantic fantasies. The “Ghost Knows,” a bridge between the future and the past, where truth and lies are impossible to distinguish. The terrify —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The World Is but a Dream 人间如梦 When the supernatural begins to return, when your consciousness starts to fade... You will wander through every age of the supernatural, past, present, and future... You will forget the age of despairing horrors... The human world is a prison... to you, it is a dream... 278Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Horror Revival: Starting by Controlling a Substitute Ghost 恐怖复苏：从驾驭替死鬼开始 "The living see only ghosts. Neither life nor death can see the ghost herder." One man is enough to unleash a hundred ghosts upon the night. "Want to kill me? Go ahead and try." He possesses an inescapable ability to escape death by sacrificing another. How can anyone survive in a bizarre village that holds different weddings by day and by night? Ghost Street sells strange objects, ghost money comes in every color, and the Human-Skin Inn is still open for business. A lake that has swallowe —Reads—Score—Shelves
