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- 1 The Second Book by Impossible, Right? 不可能的吧的第2本书 A new work is out! You can read my story on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Eerie Revival: The Demonic Path Returns 诡异复苏：魔道重临 [Eerie Revival] [Villain] [Rule-Based] [No Female Lead] [Divinity] [Dark Fiction] [Wild Imagination] [Multiple Characters] [Two Worlds] The eerie revives, and the rules collapse. The laws governing how malevolent ghosts kill become the iron laws of survival. This is an apocalyptic world of despair, and also a new era. When ghosts become the source of power, perhaps humanity has long since become insignificant. The laws controlled by the Demon Ancestor Luohou have all transformed into grotesque 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Strange Resurgence: I Mastered Three Books 诡异复苏，我驾驭了三本书 (Paranormal resurgence + satisfying power fantasy + various original vicious ghosts + no heroines) Ghosts cannot be killed! Only ghosts can deal with ghosts! Uncover the rules that govern ghosts! … This is a world gone mad. Arms reaching out from the walls. A headless man. Eerie red fingernails. Strange tattoos. The world is a living hell, and vicious ghosts are returning. My name is Ghost Book, Xiao Yi. I'm taking over this case now. … Since there are no gods in this world, then I, Xiao Yi, w 1.4kReads5.4Score14814d adds
- 4 The Ghost Eye Awakens 鬼眼复苏 There are some, brothers, there are! Of course a ghost this powerful comes in nine varieties: the Ghost Crow, which devours everything, even ghost domains; the malevolent ghost that can kill without thinking as soon as it lowers its voice; the evil ghost that can rewrite your memories just by looking at you; the evil ghost that can reboot the supernatural by stacking ghost eyes; and the strongest of them all, the malevolent ghost that ignores every supernatural power and is hailed as the Ghost R 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Resurgence of Ghostly Energy: My Secret with a Bewitching Ghost Bride 鬼气复苏：我与美艳鬼新娘的秘密 [Ghost taming + horror revival + spiritual qi revival + ghost bride + no System + no goody-two-shoes protagonist + no brainless decisions + every plot thread gets resolved] In an age when ghosts are returning, Fang Xie is tested and found to have no companion spirit. That very night, he encounters a stunning ghost bride, and after a conversation, the two make a secret pact. As they spend more time together, Fang Xie realizes the female ghost has a remarkable background and is connected to his la —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Mystery: Even a Smoker Can Be a Ghost 神秘：烟鬼也是鬼 When the mysterious returns and terror descends. When evil spirits appear and cannot be killed. When the world falls into despair, who will be its savior? The protagonist, Li Er, was an ordinary college student until he found himself in this desperate age. 9.5kReads5.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 7 Death Postman: Commanding the Red-Dressed Bride from the Start 死亡邮差：开局驾驭红衣新娘 (A new rating doesn't represent the final result.) [Mysterious supernatural revival setting] + [no heroine] + [no cheats] + [decisive and ruthless] + [Apocalypse] In this wicked age, Hell lies empty, evil spirits have returned, and the human world has become a living hell. This is the story of someone who survived. My name is Bai Yu. By the time you read this, I will already be dead... On his usual walk home, Bai Yu sees a road he's never seen before appear in front of him. With no other choice, 13Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 8 Supernatural Revival: From the Start, I Wielded the Blood Wheel Eye 灵异复苏：开局驾驭血轮眼 [Ghost tamers can advance and delay the supernatural resurgence; reaching the peak can make one a god] [Advancement requires meeting specific conditions, which cannot be clearly identified until the protagonist’s Sharingan advances and lets him see all the rules] [Remains left behind when ghosts are killed can be made into ghost artifacts] [People can pay a price to use ghost artifacts against ghosts] Doors connecting two different worlds begin opening one after another. Using the doors as cond 74Reads—Score214d adds
- 9 Cleaning Up the Evil Spirit Scene as the Headquarters Chief 从总部负责人开始整顿厉鬼圈 In the previous book, Zhou Yuan crawled out of No. 11 Middle School on a rainy night, devoured his way to S-rank, and rose to become the nation’s top official in charge of supernatural affairs. This time, he’s here to clean up the mess. Stage One: Establishing the Rules. Five directives are issued nationwide: reveal the supernatural, draw back the defensive lines, review duties and purge traitors, eliminate the weakest, and exchange resources. For the first time, spirit masters realize there rea 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Mystery Revival: Creating a New Cycle of Reincarnation 神秘复苏再造轮回 Wang Man, a total goofball, was sent to a world where the supernatural was returning. He got the coveted civil service position he had dreamed of back on Earth in his previous life. Although Wang Man didn't want it, with the deed already done, he had no choice but to become a wage slave again, working hard to rebuild the underworld's bureaucracy and bring reincarnation back to this world of supernatural horrors. 5Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 11 After My Sister Killed Me, I Became an Evil Spirit to Take Revenge! 被姐姐杀死后，我化厉鬼复仇！ “Chen Ming, Mom and Dad abandoned me because of you!” “I’m not going to let you get away with it!” Chen Mei crouched down, staring at Chen Ming with a vicious expression. She held a steel needle in her hand. “You’re six years old this year, and I’ve been abandoned for six years, so...” Chen Mei gripped Chen Ming’s hand tightly. “So I’m going to stick six steel needles into your body, and then we’ll be even!” Laughing, she pinned the struggling, sobbing Chen Ming to the bed, bound his hands and f 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Ghost God 詭神 How do you know that the god you worship isn’t a ghost? (This is where ghosts originally existed, the source of the strange phenomena in Mystery Revival.) No System, no female lead, and no characters acting stupidly. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Wait, After Solving the Strange Tales, Did I Become a Monster? 不是，破解怪谈后，我成诡异了？ [Horror resurgence + no saintly do-gooder + decisive and ruthless + smart protagonists] [Note: This is a supernatural horror novel. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read.] An ordinary livestream and a bizarre post accidentally reveal another side of the world to Su Fan. Welcome, everyone, to the Strange Tales livestream. Tonight, I’ll lead you through the eerie secrets of this guesthouse. The guesthouse that no one can leave, the companion who died long ago, the proprietress who appeared o 382Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 14 The Jiangshi World: The Human Realm Is a Living Hell 僵尸世界，人间如狱 The Five Turbidities have engulfed the world, Hell is empty, vengeful ghosts are rising, and the human realm has become a living nightmare... [Republic-era Uncle Jiu zombie world + invasion by bizarre rules + no System, no female lead, no filler, no power fantasy, pure oppressive horror.] The human realm is a living nightmare, and human lives are worth less than grass. 1.3kReads7.2Score10014d adds
- 15 Mystery Revival: The World of Planes 神秘复苏：位面世界 [Eerie Revival] + [Entirely handmade, no AI] + [A huge cast of original evil ghosts] + [No female lead] + [Slow pacing] + [Multiple twists] The three laws of evil ghosts. First: Evil ghosts cannot be killed. Second: Every evil ghost has a rule that governs its killings. Find the rule, and even ordinary people can survive. Third: Only ghosts can fight ghosts. Fierce evil ghosts still haunt the worlds, and exorcists still exist, generation after generation, to fight them. The crumbling order, the 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Mystery Revival: Speedrunning Evil Ghosts, Starting with the Starving Ghost 神秘复苏：从饿死鬼开始速通厉鬼 Ghosts cannot be killed. The only thing that can deal with a ghost is another ghost. The transmigrator Zhou Yuan awakens in the Knocking Ghost's domain at Linchang No. 11 High School. He is neither an ordinary person nor a ghost handler: he has directly become the consciousness of the Starving Ghost. A ghost infant writhes in his abdomen, and the instinct to devour everything surges like a tide. Outside the door, an A-class calamity-level evil ghost is hunting him down. He has read the original 597Reads6.6Score43114d adds
- 17 Supernatural Revival: I Tamed a Cowardly Ghost from the Start 灵异复苏：开局我驾驭了胆小鬼 "If you could completely control the first evil spirit you encountered at no cost, then transmigrate to a mysterious world overrun by resurgent evil spirits, would you do it?" yes or no Of course, yes! Sun Lin was lying on his side in bed, scrolling through short videos, when he instinctively tapped yes. He saw choices like this countless times a day, but the next second, a vortex appeared on his phone and pulled him into this bizarre world. Ghosts cannot be killed. Only ghosts can deal with gho 162.5kReads7.0Score17.3k14d adds
- 18 Slay the Gods: Cangnan City's Chief, Codename Ghost Umbrella 斩神：沧南市负责人，代号鬼伞 My name is Li Miao. By the time you read this, I will already be dead. There are no ghosts in this world, but the people here are far more terrifying than ghosts. Yang Jian is here. He wants me to put an end to this chaotic era... 30.8kReads7.7Score2.9k14d adds
- 19 Supernatural Revival: From the Start, I Wield a Ghost’s Heart 灵异复苏，开局驾驭鬼心脏 The supernatural resurgence begins, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Amid this desperate tide, Li Nie stands atop a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, pressing his bloodstained hand to his chest. “Come on, can you hear this heartbeat?” This story borrows three key concepts about ghosts from The Mysterious Revival, but it is not fan fiction. 11.4kReads7.6Score80614d adds
- 20 The Supernatural Returns, and Azur Lane Shipgirls Come Knocking 诡异复苏，碧蓝舰娘找上门 The naval port was peaceful, and the girls were living as usual, until one day a sheet of red paper suddenly appeared on the desk in the command room. My name is Bai Qi. When you read this, I’ll be running for my life from a vengeful ghost that shouldn’t exist in reality. This is a filthy, wretched world, a living hell. My story began with a coffin unearthed by accident at a construction site... A strange golden Buddha statue, a cold and uncanny human skin, the truth buried by history: this i 283Reads5.9Score2214d adds
- 21 Horror Invasion: From the Start, I Ate the Starving Ghost 恐怖入侵，开局吃掉饿死鬼 A simple-minded village guardian, yet born with the nature of a ghost. Chen Huang knows who treats him well, but he doesn't understand himself or the world around him. He doesn't realize that, in this world where terror has returned, people can die at any moment. In the little village, man-eating evil spirits feast in the darkness of despair. In the town, layers of ghostly shadows leave almost everyone with no way out. In the psychiatric hospital, eerie human skins wander the halls at night. Aga 95.8kReads8.1Score8.8k14d adds
- 22 Eerie Revival: I Can Observe the Future 诡异复苏：我能观测未来 [Supernatural resurgence + observing supernatural traits + extracting ability traits + upgrading traits + observing the future + observing other people's past] [Seventh day of the supernatural resurgence] [Big-Headed Ghost Infant: The size of a baby, its entire body bluish-purple. It moves by crawling, but can scuttle up walls as fast as a gecko. It attacks by stabbing with its tongue. What triggers it to start following someone is still unknown!] [High-Heel Footsteps: Footsteps that always soun 4.2kReads8.7Score47714d adds
- 23 Horror Returns: I Feed Myself to Ghosts Just to Survive 恐怖复苏，我以身饲鬼只为活下去 The Starving Ghost breaks free, and three S-rank paranormal incidents erupt at once. The Ghost Riders' headquarters falls! While fleeing, Xia Feng is attacked by a ghost and mysteriously winds up in another parallel world. But this world still has ghosts! Ghosts cannot be killed. The only way to fight a ghost is with another ghost. The appearance of ghosts completely overturns materialism. As countless paranormal incidents unfold, regions across the globe begin to fall. Humanity is plunged into 6.8kReads8.4Score63114d adds
- 24 Eerie Revival: I Tamed the Nightmare Ghost 诡异复苏：我驾驭了噩梦鬼 [Eerie Revival]+ [Nightmare Ghosts]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Slow Pace] Three laws govern the ghosts. First, ghosts cannot be killed. Second, every ghost has a pattern to its killings. Find the pattern, and even an ordinary person can survive. Third, only ghosts can fight ghosts! The [Nightmare Ghost] makes people drowsy, trapping them forever in a domain of black mist. The [Fifth Person] taps shoulders in a four-corner game played in both directions. The life-threatening [Night Watchman Ghost] clan 11kReads8.3Score92914d adds
- 25 Mysterious Revival: My Memories Bury Vengeful Ghosts 神秘复苏我的记忆埋葬着厉鬼 Warning: It gets more and more brain-bending as you read! Extremely high intelligence and logical reasoning as the characters solve paranormal mysteries! Don't read if you dislike mind games! Everyone gradually awakens to their powers or takes the abilities of ghosts! High intelligence + aesthetics of despair Scenarios: Dreams, zombies, myths and legends, Cthulhu, and more Difficulty: “Despair!” (No harem, no System, no invincible protagonist, no formulas, no power fantasy, no brainless characte 859Reads—Score10314d adds
- 26 I'm in Malaysia, and I'm Going to Slay Ghosts and Demons 人在大马，我要斩鬼除魔 Moonlight flows like water, while daylight cuts like a blade. On the path to immortality, I slay the heavens' chosen ones. Clad in black, I grip the Tiger Soul blade, scale the heights of Cangwu, and stride across emerald waves. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the gates of the underworld open. When migrant workers venture abroad, they discover how dangerous the outside world can be. They encounter ghosts at ten thousand meters in the air, while the hot lands of Southeast Asia conceal 520Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The System Arrived a Year Early, but the Paranormal Never Actually Happened 系统提前一年，可诡异真没降临 [Host narrowly escaped the Cat-Faced Granny's pursuit. Host, you're awesome!] [Reward: 20 survival points!] Walking past the elderly neighbor's door, Xiang Nan looks utterly bewildered. [Host successfully escaped the Death Bus. Host, what courage!] [Reward: 30 survival points!] After getting on the bus and then getting off again, Xiang Nan is still utterly bewildered. [Host successfully killed a Corpse Demon for the first time since the supernatural descended. Host, you're like a god!] After cre 4.4kReads7.9Score57914d adds
- 28 Horror Revival: My Body Can Make Ghosts Crash! 恐怖复苏：我的身体能让鬼死机！ The supernatural is resurging, and the apocalypse is near. A bewitching ghost in a cheongsam walks down the corridor in blood-red high heels. An unattended room-service cart slowly rolls through a hotel, ramming into doors... A pair of dorm-room slippers appears in the corridor, waiting for someone to put them on... In this era of supernatural resurgence, Tang Yu gains a ghost capable of controlling screens. It enters shutdown inside his body, allowing him to control ghosts at virtually no c 29.7kReads8.1Score2.3k14d adds
- 29 EN Supernatural Resurgence: Controlling a Mirage from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭海市蜃楼 (No female lead, no CP, no morals, no limits, hypocrite, dark and self-serving) The supernatural returns, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. The human world is a living hell, with suffering everywhere. Ghosts cannot be destroyed! Only ghosts can fight ghosts! Order is on the verge of collapse, and truth is about to crumble. Reborn amid taboos, I cast aside my conscience and let my humanity die. “Anyone who makes me unhappy for even a moment will be unhappy for the rest of their life!” “Why stop at 15.1kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 30 Rule Horror: Beware Your Roommate's Girlfriend 规则怪谈：请小心你室友的女友 [No heroine + not wish fulfillment + not invincible + unsettling + horror + suspense + plot-driven] [The livestreaming element is only a tiny part of the story. The focus is on horror and suspense, so feel free to dive in] There are only two people left in your school dorm: you and your roommate. Your roommate suddenly brings home an incredibly attractive person they met online, leaves you some money, then hurries off. Now you're alone in the room with your roommate's gorgeous online date... Wou 36.3kReads9.0Score3.3k14d adds
- 31 New Utopia 新，乌托邦 [No System] [Apocalypse Survival] [Human Nature Reversal] The Ghost Abyss tears open the sky screen, and world-corroding aberrant creatures sweep across the mortal realm. Survivors take up arms and join anti-corrosion combat squads, using their own flesh and blood to hold back the fiends from beyond the boundaries. Everyone believes the calamity comes from the abyss, and that fighting with all their might will win back their home and ensure its survival. Only when the smoke clears and the curt 2.2kReads—Score18214d adds
- 32 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 43kReads9.1Score4.9k14d adds
- 33 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 394.7kReads9.3Score44.1k14d adds
- 34 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 20.1kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
- 35 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 114.4kReads9.5Score9.9k14d adds
- 36 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.6k14d adds
- 37 EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 167kReads9.6Score21.2k14d adds
- 38 EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 316.2kReads9.8Score31.8k14d adds
- 39 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.2kReads9.6Score22.4k14d adds
- 40 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 869.8kReads9.6Score64.2k14d adds
- 41 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 492.8kReads9.7Score69.4k14d adds
- 42 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 984.6kReads9.9Score161.8k14d adds
- 43 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score177.1k14d adds
