Novels like A Record of Folk Curses and Diseases
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- 151 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score23614d adds
- 152 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺，我身边都是大佬 In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 22.6kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 153 The Fragrance of the Coffin's Beauty 棺香美人 When I was born, the river swelled and washed a coffin right into my home. Fifteen years later, the coffin opened, and inside was a woman... Feng shui, fate and destiny... There are endless folk legends to tell, and more bizarre wonders than words can describe. 32.2kReads9.4Score76114d adds
- 154 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score10814d adds
- 155 The Miaojiang Gu Chronicles 苗疆蛊事 The calamity of witchcraft and poison is spoken of only by people in the countryside. Many people who are unknowingly caught up in it have no idea it exists. Friends, do you really think there are no extraordinary people in this vast land of China? You do? No! No! No! Do you want me to tell you that I’m a poison-raising practitioner from the Miao borderlands? All right, come on in and let’s dish… 13.8kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 156 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 2kReads9.0Score13614d adds
- 158 The Master of Ma Yi Divination 麻衣相师 My great-uncle had all kinds of abilities. One day, he told me he’d buried a treasure for me in a feng shui paradise… 28kReads9.0Score3.3k14d adds
- 159 Midnight Wonders 午夜惊奇 At the stroke of midnight, amid a terrifying atmosphere, strange ghost stories begin to unfold! A bluish-white hand suddenly appears on the window in the middle of the night. Is it looking for someone to take revenge on? A bus still running in the dead of night: does it lead to the world of the living or to hell? The shapewear hanging in the wardrobe at home is made of human skin! During the Qingming Festival, a figure appears in the glass of the bathhouse. After returning to her room, a beautif 426Reads8.7Score3414d adds
- 160 My Twenty Years as a Spirit Medium 我出马的二十年 He cultivated his character deep in the mountains, then left his secluded cave to make a name for himself across the land. Over twenty years, he broke through countless barriers and witnessed countless things. This is the true story of those twenty years, meant both to introduce this industry to those unfamiliar with it and to share experience with fellow professionals. 9kReads9.4Score51914d adds
- 161 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.4kReads8.7Score18614d adds
- 162 Grandpa, I Was Reborn, I Swear I'm Not Possessed 爷爷，我是重生，真不是鬼上身 [Traditional Mystery and Supernatural Fiction] [One Female Lead] [Period Novel] [A Funeral Master’s True Accounts] [Northeastern Chinese Funeral Customs] [Rural Life] Adapted into the short drama Eighties Funeral Master (Disclaimer: The folk techniques in this book, including Zhuyou healing rituals, are entirely fictional. Please do not imitate them. The author bears no responsibility for any problems that may arise.) Good grief, I’ve been reborn in 1986, and from the start Grandpa thinks I’m a 58.1kReads9.3Score4.8k14d adds
- 163 I'm the Boss of a Haunted Shop 我在鬼怪店里当老板 When Xue Ming was eight, he became the owner of the Wanwusheng shop. From then on, a little lamb appeared by his side. And this little lamb turned out to be Taotie, one of the four ancient ferocious beasts?! Taotie’s three daily routines: sleep, have Xue Ming hold me while I sleep, and hold Xue Ming while I sleep. Shopkeeper Xue Ming’s three daily routines: sell goods, hold Taotie, and sell goods while holding Taotie. Then one day, the little lamb transformed into a handsome, six-foot-three hunk 3.2kReads9.4Score47714d adds
- 164 Quick Transmigration: The Stowaway 快穿之偷渡客 (No fixed pairing + space + period setting + apocalypse + a modest golden finger) Lin Xia struggled to stay alive for 18 years in a frail, sickly body. In the end, her illness didn't defeat her. Just as she was about to step into a wonderful new life, she was hit by a car and killed! Lin Xia was furious, screamed, and felt helpless... Once she'd calmed down, she looked at the person and System in front of her, in the middle of binding, and fell into thought. It was worth taking a gamble: a bicyc 13.3kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 165 The Divine Fortune-Teller in the Linen Robe 麻衣神算子 My grandfather taught me everything he knew about fortune-telling, but after I read three people’s fortunes, he left me. From then on, I didn’t just tell the fortunes of the living... 43.8kReads9.2Score3.8k14d adds
- 166 Strange Tales Livestream 怪谈直播间 The sound of meat being chopped eerily echoes through a bun shop in the dead of night. The passengers on the last bus all have the same face. On a freezing, rainy night, someone wearing funeral clothes wanders the streets... The Strange Tales livestream takes you deep into the hidden side of this world! 13.8kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 167 Uncle Nine: I Copy Traits, and Ren Tingting Begs Me in Tears to Marry Her 九叔，复制词条任婷婷哭着求嫁 [Zombie manipulation, humorous traits, recruiting disciples across film and TV worlds] Lin Fan transmigrates to Renjia Town, becomes Uncle Ninth’s disciple, and awakens the Trait Copying System. He can even combine traits without limit! Five Thunder Spell (Gold), Qimen Dunjia (Red), Zhong Kui Possession (Rainbow) Chrysanthemum Corpse Cultivation (Purple), Corpse King’s Tyrant Body (Red), Soul-Reaping Buddhist Chant (Red) Maoshan Corpse Driving (Purple), Sword Control Through Qi (Supreme), Indest 12.2kReads7.3Score84014d adds
- 168 Five-Year-Old Village Chief Leads the Villagers to the Throne 五岁小村长，带着村民登基了 [Feel-good power fantasy + transmigration + no romance + absurd comedy + System + empress + everyone’s favorite + rise to power in troubled times + infrastructure + farming] Shi Xiaojiu, a little zombie king from the apocalypse, opened her eyes to find she had become the heaven-sent young village chief of Taoyuan Village. She also had a System in her head, constantly supervising her and telling her how to become a qualified village chief. Xiaojiu diligently worked to complete tasks and earn rewa 20.7kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
- 169 So Satisfying! The Arcane Sect Master Is Cleaning Up the Entertainment Industry 爆爽！玄门大佬整顿娱乐圈啦 [Absurd comedy + metaphysics + wish-fulfillment + entertainment industry + ghost hunting + livestreamed variety show + true and fake heiresses + strong heroine + one-on-one pure love] Shi Yi transmigrated into a novel about the entertainment industry's true heiress face-slapping the fake one, as the true heiress. Facing her family's contempt, she took a few houses and several million in spending money, then decisively left the wealthy family, whose fortune was running out and which was on the ve 17.2kReads9.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 170 Those Years I Worked Part-Time Down Below 那些年，我在下面兼职的日子 [Guiding souls, stories, healing, retribution, one heroine] Ox-Head and Horse-Face: “Hey, kid, how about a 300,000-yuan annual salary for a part-time job in the underworld?” Chen Yi, who earns 4,000 yuan a month: “I’m in! I’m in!” Once he started, he was soon drinking and laughing with underworld marshals from all walks of life, and raising cups with the Four Great Judges as if they’d known each other forever. He even passed the civil service exam and landed a coveted government job in the huma 34.8kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds
- 171 Tales of a Spirit Medium 出马仙往事 “First, invite Hu; second, invite Huang. Third, invite Mang; fourth, invite Chang. Offer incense in the hall, and let all the immortals come forth.” With an entirely yin birth chart, I suddenly became the village's most despised madman when I was eight years old. Ten years later, I recovered from my madness and took charge of the Hu family's altar, one of the five great immortal clans of Northeast China. From then on, the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies followed me everywhere. I thought I had 32.4kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
- 172 The Most Connected Person in the Supernatural World 灵异界最强关系户 “What, you think a pen fairy, zombies, Chu Renmei, Sadako, werewolves, and vampires can just show up at the parent-teacher meeting? Your kids are such underachievers. How are they ever going to graduate?” This is a university for the supernatural. The toughest man in the supernatural world is the vice principal, Black and White Impermanence head the admissions office, a weasel demon runs the monster studies department, and exorcists and Taoist priests teach classes... Every student here is the d 8kReads9.1Score85714d adds
- 173 Yellow Springs General Store 黄泉杂货铺 At the end of a street on a quiet, late-night evening stands a grocery shop with old-fashioned decor. Getting something for nothing is simple: just agree to do a ghost a favor, and it'll make it happen. 14.8kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 174 After Appearing on a Variety Show With My Infamous Brother, We Took the Internet by Storm 和黑红弟弟参加综艺后，全网爆火 [Everyone’s favorite + golden finger + face-slapping + entertainment industry + variety shows + livestreaming + irresistible charm] Lu Linwan, who is seriously ill, has a dream and learns that she’s the cannon-fodder female side character in a novel. Her top-tier star younger brother is about to become the target of the entire internet’s hate overnight. After joining a variety show, he’ll be set up as a foil to the heroine, his future ruined and his ending tragic. Lu Linwan is shocked. Lu Linwan 17.8kReads8.8Score2k14d adds
- 175 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score18114d adds
- 176 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.9kReads8.4Score3.6k14d adds
- 177 After Spending Money, Five Powerful Families' Heirs Fight to Be My Dad 氪金后，五个豪门大佬争着做我爸 [No CP + elite circles + moonlight muse + showbiz + wild imagination + adored by all + fictional world + golden finger + feel-good story + secret identities + top heiress] After Jing Shishu died, she discovered she was merely a character in a pay-to-play game called “Across Time and Space.” The worst part was that the player controlling her was miserly, never spent a cent, and couldn’t even customize her face. As a result, she was ugly and poor in every life. Furious, she shouted at the heavens, 7kReads9.2Score80314d adds
- 178 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 5kReads9.0Score20414d adds
- 179 One Quick Calculation, and I Know You’re a Fugitive! 掐指一算，你是逃犯！ Su Chen, a top-tier celestial master, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a widower with the same name. His wife has just died, and his five children are crying for food. After searching the entire house, he finds only ten yuan. Without hesitation, Su Chen takes the money to Chunming Street, the busiest street in the city, and puts an ad in the newspaper: “Fortune-telling. If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Granny, your daughter didn't go missing. She's in the stove at your son-in-law's house.” A 45.5kReads9.0Score4.4k14d adds
- 180 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 839Reads—Score10914d adds
- 181 EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 25.5kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 182 The Living Hell of the Immortal Realm 长生天之人间炼狱 I'm the damn heir to the title of Great Emperor, yet I've been put through hell in the mortal world. When I return to claim my throne, I'll use my blade to wash away every humiliation I've suffered! Demon Emperor, just you wait! Fifteen days in heaven, one hundred and fifty years on earth. That's more than enough time! 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 22.4kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 184 She’s Short on Money in the Five Elements 她五行缺钱【玄学】 Jiang Yi was kidnapped at the age of five and unexpectedly became the 108th successor of an obscure Daoist temple. The one who raised her and taught her everything was a wisp of the temple’s founding matriarch’s soul, which had remained inside her memorial tablet. Her temple was nothing more than a ramshackle shack made from discarded boards that mountain hunters didn’t want. It had no running water or electricity. Even dog-litter mushrooms grew between the floorboards. After they came down the 931Reads9.4Score19814d adds
- 185 Lu Ling Feng Shui Shop 鹿灵风水铺 [Lighthearted paranormal suspense + mild horror + one-on-one romance + episodic stories] Lu Ling is forced to take over the feng shui shop her father left her and shoulder the Lu family’s duty as spirit-contractors. Only after she starts taking on cases does she realize that people can be far more terrifying than ghosts. 7.1kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
- 186 Midnight Nightmare 深夜噩梦 [Infinite Flow] [Hell Difficulty] [Original Dungeons] [Multiple Twists] Note: The dungeons are extremely difficult, so proceed with caution. The first two are only warm-ups. They say that “Ghost Eyes” can see a person’s “good and evil.” Wang Cheng was born with a pair of Ghost Eyes. But he discovered that this claim didn’t tell the whole story. Because Ghost Eyes can see more than people. They can also see cats, dogs, houses, mountains, and rivers… Or perhaps a strangely lifelike doll, or an old 219.2kReads9.4Score37.6k14d adds
- 187 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score10414d adds
- 188 The Maoshan Taoist-Buddhist Master 茅山道释 [Maoshan] + [Supernatural] + [Urban Cultivation] + [Stunning Beauties] The mighty Heavenly Emperor is reborn, only to be driven to the brink by a predatory loan contract?! In my previous life, I was Shiti Huan Yindiluo, the Heavenly Emperor. My merits complete, I should have ascended beyond the heavens, but I was ambushed by petty villains, and my divine soul fell into the mortal world! Fortunately, the power of the Sumeru Realm protected me, and I was reborn alongside a Maoshan Celestial Maste 798Reads—Score10214d adds
- 189 A Kiss at Our First Meeting! 第一次见面就亲亲！ [Now being published] [A sweet girl who uses her beauty to get her way × a cool guy who says one thing but secretly enjoys another] The day after her eighteenth birthday, Jiang Lezhi unexpectedly discovers that she can't speak. She spends three years as a little mute, thinking she'll be silent for the rest of her life. Then, by chance, she accidentally kisses that arrogant, icy guy. And something amazing happens: after three years without a voice, she can suddenly speak again! She thinks all is 21.8kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 190 The Game That Must Be Broken (Complete Edition) 必须犯规的游戏（全集） The murder-mystery game based on the novel of the same name is now available for preorder! In a locked-room battle for survival, endless twists turn every detail into a contest for victory. This time, you get to decide your own fate! Fourteen novelists, fourteen days, fourteen terrifying stories: a deadly game has begun. Fourteen mystery writers are "invited" to a mysterious location. Each must improvise a mystery story to tell the others. When the story ends, everyone votes, and the highest-sco 12.5kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 191 The Alluring Female Coroner 倾城女仵作 (Comic adaptation of The Beautiful Coroner now available) (Print edition of The Beautiful Coroner now on sale) After the mysterious death of her father, a coroner, Ye Caitang was saddled with a huge debt of fifty taels of silver. She had no choice but to sell herself to the Six Doors and work like a beast of burden for her creditor, Xia Yue, a renowned detective. Fortunately, Ye Caitang possessed the soul of an experienced modern forensic pathologist. Using modern forensic science, she deciphere 21.5kReads9.4Score3k14d adds
- 192 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.6kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
- 193 Supreme Taoist: A Calamity of Bloodshed 道门太上：血光之灾 Offer blood to Heaven, and slay every evil thing. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. All the great paths beneath Heaven come from Taishang. The Taishang lineage belongs to my Li family alone. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, makes a solemn vow to eradicate every evil demon beneath Heaven: he will never ascend, but remain in the mortal world for thousands of years. 11kReads9.4Score86414d adds
- 194 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 31.9kReads9.4Score3.2k14d adds
- 195 Wait for Me, Lady Lingbai 灵柏娘子等等我 That winter night, we sat around the charcoal brazier, the coals crackling as I huddled in a corner and listened to the adults tell a story about the sacred cypress at the village entrance. They said... The person who told me that story has passed away, but the chilling feeling it gave me is still etched in my memory. Now, I’ve adapted the story into a novel. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 My Rented Girlfriend from a Dating Show Turns Out to Be a Young Lady from Beijing's Elite Circle 租来的恋综女友，竟是京圈大小姐 [Silly Comedy + Humor + Entertainment + Dating Reality Show + One Female Lead + System] Good news! Su Chen has been reborn and awakened a System that makes people lose their cool. Bad news! After publicly tearing into the girlfriend and boss who ruined his previous life, he’s temporarily single. But he’s already signed a contract for a couples’ dating show, and his vicious ex is joining with her new partner! But! It’s no big deal! Su Chen promptly contacts his online buddy for help. Until the da 26.4kReads8.9Score2.7k14d adds
- 197 The Qingling Rankings 清凌榜 The Qingling Rankings 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The Girlfriend Who Disappeared 我消失的女朋友 My Girlfriend Who Disappeared 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Mystical Livestream: The Big Shot Moves Bricks Online 玄学直播间：大佬她在线搬砖 (The heroine goes solo early on; the male lead is just a supporting character, and she doesn't get into petty fights with the fake heiress.) A metaphysics expert fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a girl hauling bricks at a construction site. To gather faith, she starts livestreaming fortune-telling, only to accidentally read her own biological father's fortune. So she's actually the real daughter of a wealthy family? Back in the wealthy household, she faces three unfamiliar broth 17.6kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 200 The Mysterious Domain City 诡秘域都 The Mysterious Domain City 3Reads—Score114d adds
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