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- 1 A Thousand Keys Locked in Mist 雾锁千钥 Lin Shen, an ordinary college student, received a mysterious pocket watch on a stormy night and unexpectedly became entangled in a war through time spanning a century. A tragedy at an antique shop opened the curtain on an epic adventure of memory, betrayal, and redemption. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Rift Valley Spirit Detective: You Chen's Realm of Illusions 峡谷灵探：宥琛的虚实诡域 On the campus of an ordinary university, all seems peaceful on the surface, but beneath it, hidden currents are stirring. Strange incidents have been happening with increasing frequency: chilling cries echo from the lecture halls late at night, several students have vanished without a trace, and the security footage offers no clues. The university has tried to keep it quiet, but panic is spreading. You Chen, a homebody obsessed with League of Legends, discovers one day that he can bring in-game —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 After I Drove Away Ghosts with a Virgin Boy's Urine on Qingming Night, Every Ghost in the Neighborhood Joined Me 清明夜我靠童子尿驱鬼后，小区的鬼都跟我混 After driving off a ghost with a boy’s urine on Qingming night, I get all the ghosts in my neighborhood to follow me. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Human Heart Is More Terrifying Than Ghosts 人心比鬼可怕 People fear, despise, and dread ghosts, calling them the filthiest and most terrifying things in the world. But in my eyes, what’s more terrifying than ghosts is the human heart!!!!!! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Three Strange Tales 异闻三人行 I have two friends, Bobo and Yu Lao'er. Since we get along so well, we set out on an adventure together. Along the way, there are laughs, scares, and thrills. Our journey as a trio has begun, and I'm here to tell you the stories of our adventures. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I'm Not a Birdman 我不是鸟人 During my final days in the psychiatric hospital, a few of my friends died. I learned a secret, and I was granted a brief stretch of lucidity. This is a story with nothing to do with humanity’s future, the origin of the universe, past and present lives, or the mysteries of science. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Masked Yin Messenger 假面阴差 [Tech-Driven Underworld + Cyberpunk Reapers + Hilarious Antics + Invincible Protagonist] After an accident, I was taken to the heart of the underworld: Fengdu City. I became the underworld’s strongest reaper, teaming up with its one-of-a-kind vehicle, the Black Dragon, to form the slickest law-enforcement duo in the realm. But as I explored the underworld, a massive conspiracy began to take shape, and a storm was slowly closing in... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 I Inherited a Murder Mystery Game Shop from the Start, and All the Staff Are Vengeful Ghosts 开局继承剧本杀店，员工全是厉鬼 While others inherit family fortunes, Jiang Ye inherited a haunted shop. Freshman Jiang Ye was forced to take over the script murder game shop his second uncle left behind, a business on the verge of bankruptcy. To his surprise, he became bound to the [Register of a Hundred Ghost Employees]. From then on, while others caught ghosts to exorcise evil, he caught them to put them to work. A hanging ghost at the front desk, a water ghost running the air conditioner, and a red-clad vengeful ghost acti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Homecoming in a Bountiful Year 丰年归家 Qingshi Town was small. To the north stood Niuer Mountain, hunched like the back of a bull. To the south flowed Baixia River, known for its white shrimp. The townsfolk went to market, farmed, and did business. Year after year, life went on without anything unusual. Sixteen-year-old Ning Chuan had always thought so, too. Until someone ate every last bite of a bowl of noodles left beneath Qingshi Bridge as an offering for the dead. After that, he began to notice that the mountain paths, riverbanks —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Silent Pact 不语契 I thought I would follow in my god-grandfather's footsteps and calmly enter Peking University's archaeology department. Then an unexpected ancient clay tablet, covered in strange runes, changed everything. Its cryptic clues, like hooks of fate, dragged me from the misty rain of Jiangnan to the mysterious, sweltering lands of Dian in Yunnan. Buried beneath the miasma-choked jungle was not only the legendary tomb of the ancient Dian king, lost for a thousand years, but also the start of a breathta —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Antique Appraisal: I Can See the Resentment of National Treasures 鉴宝：我能看见国宝的怨气 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Death Song of the South China Sea Shipwreck 南海沉船亡歌 A treasure ship from the Southern Song Dynasty, built to restore the empire. A death song echoing through the deep sea. His brother dies a mysterious and gruesome death, leaving behind only a bizarre recording that drives listeners mad. Mojin heir Chen Hao joins forces with a Tanka sea king and a genius archaeologist to avenge his brother and uncover the truth, venturing into the South China Sea's forbidden zone, “Ghost-Cry Cove”! Magnetic mountains block all signals, the death song warps the mi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Rules of the Gods: I Have Only Six Months to Live 神明规则：我只剩半年生命 [The Old World Ends, a New Covenant Begins] The mysterious realm and reality are colliding again and again. The mysterious has begun invading the world, and the residents of the old world are locked in fierce battle with the entities of the New Covenant. Who truly deserves to rule the world? Ye Ze, terminally ill and driven by a fierce will to survive, was invited by the [God] to the [Amusement Park]. Countless people came here to take part in all kinds of scenarios, driven by desires for money, 94Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 14 The Serial Killer Turned Out to Have a Split Personality 连环杀手竟是双重人格 While sorting through my father's belongings, I found an old camera from twenty years ago. When I turned it on, the screen lit up with photos of strangers being beaten. In the last photo, my father held up a piece of paper that said “Save me,” his eyes filled with despair. An anonymous message suddenly appeared: “Your father sent me three photos before he died.” “This is the first. The second is in your attic.” Trembling, I climbed up to the attic and found the second photo at the bottom of an o 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Thirteen Ghost-Gate Needles: A Mysterious Legend of Needles That Pierce Yin and Yang 鬼门十三针：针破阴阳的诡秘传奇 Thirteen Ghost-Gate Needles: A Mysterious Legend of Needles Piercing the Yin and Yang 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Late-Night Convenience Store: What Are You Doing, Customer? 深夜便利店：客官你干嘛 Lin Mo thought the worst thing about working the night shift as a cashier at Nan Cheng Huimin Convenience Store was having a teammate go 0–8 in ranked, until he met the old woman in floral pajamas. She clutched a chipped enamel mug and bought only two bags of frozen dumplings and a packet of QQ candy. Her coins were caked with dirt, and she insisted he “cook the dumplings.” Then a hoarse voice called in an identical order, laughing so hard Lin Mo could feel his upper gums go cold. The creepiest 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Scalding Gold Bracelet 烫手的金镯 Five boys set out to rob a tomb, but their greed awakened something even more terrifying beneath it. Could the ancestral gold bracelet actually be the lock on a seal? Forced to become a “living target,” Wang Erwa must uncover the truth behind a silversmith’s violent death and the sins of an old debt before the evil spirit fully awakens. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Metaphysics Code: Saving the World in a Dating Sim 玄学代码：在恋爱游戏里拯救世界 In her past life, Bai Lihua was timid and meek. Her greatest pastime was clutching her phone and fantasizing about a life of wealthy family drama, beautiful women clinging to her, and handsome men falling for her. Then one day, after staying up all night on her phone, she finally accomplished her mission and died suddenly... When she opened her eyes again, Bai Lihua cried out, “If Heaven gives me another chance, I don't want to stay up all night!” With handsome men and endless money at her dispo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 I Slay Monsters at the Third Reformatory 我在第三管教所杀怪物 Because I kept saying I could see dark shadows that no one else could, and because I hit a teacher at school, my dad sent me to the Third Correctional Facility. Everyone said it was a place for bad kids, and that even if you didn't die in there, you'd come out with your skin peeled off. On my very first day, I realized they weren't here to enforce study or discipline at all. The sound of something being dragged down the hallway at night, the permanently locked Building Four, and those “instructo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Strange Tales of Southeast Asia 东南亚诡事 (The author has opened a coffee shop in the ancient city of Dali and is busy with renovations. Please wait a little while for updates.) My name is Ning. During college, I went alone to Thailand to intern at a hotel, where a series of bizarre and inexplicable things happened. Why was there a temple built inside the hotel? What secrets did this temple hide? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I Became a Skinner After Moving Into the Apartment 入住公寓后成了剥皮匠 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—Shelves
- 22 The Spirit Pact of Sinister Schemes 诡谋之灵契 People often say that a person’s fate is decided by Heaven, but that is not entirely true. Mu Fan was born into a vast conspiracy. With a body of four yin and an utterly yin fate, his perilous destiny made an ordinary life impossible. A female ghost in the park tries to seize his soul, while a stunning ghost bride enters into a marriage pact with him. Corpses dance in the funeral home; teachers and students at a school haunted by vicious ghosts leap from buildings in eerie circumstances; deep in 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 My Hopeless Life Became Even More Desperate 我无望的人生更加绝望 After something happened to her family, Mu Xia could never move on from that day. She went through life in a daze. Until one day, she accidentally entered a world of horror. And so began a fantastical journey. She made new friends, faced all kinds of events, and lived a new life. —Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 24 The Curse of Sorrowful Love Lake Island 悲恋湖岛的魔咒 A tragic love affair haunts the island on Lake Sorrow, where a century-old curse follows like a shadow. Is David Crane's million-dollar prize a gift from fate, or an invitation to the abyss? An ebony bracelet conceals a mystery, a key of ultraviolet light opens a forbidden door, silicon-based blood algae whisper in the dark, and the shadow of a sacrificial ritual quietly descends. Science and witchcraft clash fiercely, while the line between reality and illusion blurs. To escape their family's f 2Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 25 Speaking Up for Ghosts 帮鬼说说话 Bu Huan had been able to see ghosts since she was little, so her playmates often ostracized her. At last, a master sealed her ability, but just a few days before she was due to start university, she accidentally broke the seal while saving a child. Her long-dormant power surged back, shattering her peaceful life once again. But she was no longer the little girl who cried at the sight of a ghost. The male ghost pleading desperately on the train, the little girl behind her teacher, the shadowy gho 2kReads8.8Score276Shelves
- 26 Listening to Springs and Appraising Treasures: This Piece Is the Real Deal 听泉鉴宝：你这个东西很开门 [Tingquan appraisals + livestreaming + lighthearted comedy + national treasures returning home] Half the people in my livestream are brocade-clad guards, and the other half are grave-robbing adventurers. I’m no longer a borderline streamer wearing autumn long johns and dancing the wolf-dog dance. Through sheer hard work, I rapidly gained twenty million followers in just one month by livestreaming as an entertainer and connecting with people to appraise antiques. But fame brings trouble. First, a 183Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Eye of Antiquities: From Shop Assistant to Master Appraiser 鉴古之瞳：从伙计到鉴宝宗师 [Antique Appraisal + Rise from Adversity + Inheritance + Deep Father-Son Bond] Lu Ming is an apprentice repairing porcelain at Liulichang. Born with unusual eyes, he can tell real antiques from fakes at a glance. But his father always said, “Make a living with your eyes, and you’ll go blind sooner or later.” Sure enough, his right eye went dark. His left was close behind. Then his enemies came calling, and his father, missing for ten years, suddenly reappeared with half a fragment of the Imperia 5Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 28 I Meant to Fight My Way Through Showbiz, but My Savage Comebacks Make Me Seem Insane 本想苦闯娱乐圈，奈何狂怼似神癫 [Unconventional feel-good power fantasy + behind-the-scenes filming + livestreams/variety shows + wealthy families + no romance (ill-fated loner)] “Why are you so nosy? Are you the god in charge of addition and subtraction?” One line made Shang Yan go viral across the internet. Everyone wondered what kind of backing this unknown actress from the bottom of the industry had to be so brazen. Little did they know, with her acting skills and sharp tongue, she could take the entertainment industry by 218Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Ten Lifetimes of Reincarnation: The Bottom-Ranked Outer Disciple Strikes Back 十世轮回，外门倒数的我杀回来了 Shen Zhuye’s family owned the last incense and candle shop in Qingxi Town. One day, he opened the account book and found three words on the final page that hadn’t been there before: One Question Owed. The words in the account book could ask questions on their own. That night, someone knocked at the door. The food delivery was half a bag of pond mud. As a chill crept in through the crack beneath the door, a man in white shielded him from disaster and spoke eight words: You have one year left to 2kReads—Score1.3kShelves
- 30 Grandma's Yin-Yang Notes 2 奶奶的阴阳笔记2 Mystery and the Supernatural + Copper Coins to Find the Way + Paper Effigies That Hear the Dead + Locust Wood to Bind Souls I work as a temporary hire at the Special Investigations Bureau in the Dragon Kingdom. I’ve seen madmen capable of rewriting fate. That day, a gigantic black hand came crashing down and the air froze. I thought I was as good as dead. But my mother burst out like a streak of red lightning. In the look she gave me over her shoulder, I saw reluctance, concern, and a fierce re 214Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 31 Chaos Invades the World, and I Become a God by Mediating Disputes 全球混沌入侵，我靠调解成神 Light is not necessarily pure, and darkness may hold warmth. The answer lies in a truth deeper than the abyss. When the only hope of saving the world points down a dead-end path with no chance of survival, will you still have the courage to wager everything on a faint glimmer of light? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 A Billion-Dollar Collection of Horror Stories 一个亿恐怖故事集 A Collection of One Hundred Million Horror Stories [Standalone stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + heartfelt emotion + mild horror + timid readers beware] A hundred wildly different tragic fates await. When long-forbidden folk taboos passed down by the ancestors are broken, and eerie legends from the corners of the city quietly come true, the everyday world you know will begin to fall apart on the very next page. Whispers by the pillow, shadows beneath the wa 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Tomb Raiding: Strange Tales 盗墓诡异实录 In the early 21st century, tomb robbers roam all across China. Their tracks can be found everywhere, from snowy plateaus and forests to lakes and seas, even in forbidden zones where no one is allowed to go. My father was one of them, but after an expedition to a tomb, he never came back. To find out what happened to him, I was forced onto this road of no return, traveling from south to north and east to west. I've seen the dangers of the underworld and every facet of human life, survived countle 157Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 34 Strange Tales of Tomb Raiding in the Southern School 南派盗墓异事 [Real Tomb Raiding + No AI] My name is Zhou Quan, and I'm from Guangxi. Here I recount the supernatural and bizarre events that really happened during my tomb-raiding adventures. I've read a few web novels in my spare time, and it seems AI-written web novels are everywhere these days. I want to tell this story from the perspective of someone who was actually there, as a record of things past. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Mortician: The Truth Behind the Stolen Souls 入殓师：灵魂失窃真相 Me, an Embalmer: My Job Is to “Piece Together” the Dead I’m an embalmer. I put makeup on corpses so they can make their final journey with dignity. But starting last month, I noticed that something was missing from my “clients.” Not organs, not skin, but some kind of… invisible “part.” The beautiful forensic pathologist says I’m making things up, and the head of the criminal investigation team says I’m obstructing their work. Until they discover that no high-tech instrument can explain why the s 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Don't Mess with This Unemployed Uncle! He's Got an Exclusive Circle of Ghost Friends 别惹失业大叔！他有专属鬼友圈 An unemployed middle-aged man helps a ghost investigate the cause of death and unexpectedly gets a job as an underworld clerk! In the style of the author's previous work, Carrying Both the Living and the Dead, this novel offers mystery, horror, thrills, and positive energy. If you enjoy a thrill, come on in. Also, this isn't a play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger kind of novel. The plot is rich and varied, with one twist leading into the next... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Life at a Crossroads 岔路人生 If you could truly live your life over again, would you regret the choices you made? Shen Que never imagined there could be a real answer to that question. That day, the subway stopped at 5:42 p.m. Two people with the same name and the same face, each having lived through twenty-seven years that were almost, but not quite, the same, appeared before him at once. Only then did he learn the truth: Every truly important choice could allow another version of your life to keep going. They weren' —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 A Scholarly Slacker's Cultivation Diary After Transmigration 学术混子穿越后的修仙日记 How does a desperate, lost graduate student make a name for himself in another world? Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Mystery, Horror, the Supernatural, and Folklore: Fourth Auntie? Where Did I Get a Fourth Auntie?! 【悬疑惊悚+灵异+民俗】四姑婆？我哪儿来的四姑婆！ [Mystery and suspense + the supernatural + folk customs] Great-Aunt Four? Where would I even get a Great-Aunt Four?! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Paranormal Investigator 探诡达人 My name is Qi Yue. I was born in the seventh lunar month, so that’s how I got my name. I’m a restaurant reviewer, and I’ve been doing this for five years. I made a little money in the first few years, but after the pandemic, the jobs became fewer and fewer. I wanted to switch to another line of work, but I didn’t know how to do anything else, so I had no choice but to keep struggling. With my pockets nearly empty, I desperately searched online for similar jobs. At last, I found a well-paid posit 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Songs of the Underworld 冥歌 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] It’s a tangled, lengthy story, not one about a loser turning his life around by fawning over women. [There is a heroine] I’m new to this, so I don’t understand why novels have to be tagged as having no heroine. To be honest, mine has one, though she doesn’t appear much. [Not necessarily funny] Hard to say. The author has a strange sense of humor. [Neurotic] The author is a little crazy, with a mind that keeps jumping around, so the plot can sometimes feel erratic. 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 42 One Man, Five Ghosts: Want to Run? Pay Five Million First 一个男人五个鬼，想跑先赔五百万 [Completed novel + horror + supernatural + comeback + face-slapping + episodic stories] My name is Cao Dakui, and I just inherited a massive fortune: a four-hundred-square-meter luxury apartment in the capital, plus a storefront. Sounds great, right? Except... The butler in the apartment says he was born during the Wanli era. One of the residents is a beautiful woman who, whenever she's in a good mood, takes off her head and plays with it like a ball. There's also a mysterious person living in t 304Reads—Score102Shelves
- 43 The Returnee from Hell 地狱归客 He once fell into the Inferno, enduring nine near-death trials amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. At last, he returned to the human world bearing the brands of Hell and the power to devour souls. That power can see through the hidden sins of sinners and turn their past misdeeds into pain they must suffer themselves. It is a “gift” Hell bestows upon its judges. The human world is no paradise. Evil lurks in the shadows of neon lights: a hypocritical principal who abused children is still 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Curse of the Sinful Shadow: The Sinner's End 孽影咒怨之罪者的末路 In the shadowy corners of a bustling city, evil grows unchecked like a cancer. Driven by greed, some resort to the most despicable means to line their pockets, while others lose themselves in an abyss of desire, unable to climb out. Little do they know that retribution is already drawing near. Each sin has finally awakened a curse lurking in the unseen world. This is a horror story about evil and retribution. Every sinner pays a terrible price for their misdeeds, while the resentment hidden in t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The City's Crazy Treasure Appraiser 都市鉴宝狂圣 After his father is framed and hospitalized and the family business is swindled away, he unexpectedly inherits the Yin-Yang Treasure Sage's legacy in his moment of despair. He can see through the mysteries of yin and yang and identify the world's rarest treasures. From then on, he embarks on a formidable life, sweeping all before him in the city... 1.6kReads8.5Score211Shelves
- 46 Sun Pupil, Moonless Night: I Know the End from the Start! 日瞳月晦：开局我已知晓终末！ [Supernatural] ~ [Mystery] ~ [Mind Games] ~ [Plot Twists] ~ [No Idiot Plots] The first time was at a casino. I won every last chip in the place, but I couldn’t escape the strange curse that clung to me. Luckily, when I woke up, the game hadn’t started yet. The second time, death came calling at midnight. The rules offered no way out. I watched the skin being peeled from my body inch by inch, helpless to stop it. The nightmare wouldn’t go away. The third time, the fourth time... Death played out 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Lonely Girl's Grave 孤女坟 A fortune-teller said I would only live to sixteen. I was born under an ominous star, destined to be alone. My parents couldn't stand me, so they dumped me at my grandma's house in the countryside when I was little. But to defy fate and change my destiny, Grandma built me a tomb when I was young and raised me inside it. She named it the Lonely Girl's Grave. On my sixteenth birthday, my father came with a group of people to dig up my grave and killed my grandma. That day, my memories awakened and 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Heavenly Secrets Mirror: A Soul-Slaying Case in the Antique World 天机鉴：古玩江湖破魂案 Lu Ming, heir to an antiques family, was born with the "Heavenly Insight Eye," which lets him glimpse the sealed memories of antiques. He enters the martial world to solve the "Bronze Cauldron Devours People" case, only to be caught up in a family conspiracy to refine souls. Appraising treasures, breaking through deadlocks, matching wits, and battling the uncanny, he uncovers a shocking secret buried for a century. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Transmigrators' Alliance: Dedicated to Tearing Apart Twisted Plots 穿越者联盟，专拆变态剧本 After waking from a deep sleep, Qin Weiwei, an information architect at the Ministry of State Security, finds herself the frail, dying legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel. But she is horrified to discover this is no transmigration. It is a cage. After entering the palace, she discovers she is not alone. Chu Huaiyu, a widow who carves silverware with shards of broken porcelain; Su Jingyao, an orphan who arranges flowers with the precision of a chemistry experiment; and Lu Zhaoyue, a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 When I Was Born, I Had a Phoenix Crown on My Head and a Green Dragon Around My Waist 我出生时，头顶凤冠，青龙缠腰 My mother was born with a yin fate and was known as the Ghost Mother. She also had another, deeply mysterious identity, one that struck fear into both the spirit and human worlds. Later, my mother gave birth to me. On the day I was born, I wore a phoenix crown, and a green dragon coiled around my waist. The Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters… Yet Master Chen the Third, a feng shui expert, declared that this girl was destined to bring disaster! 5Reads7.1Score—Shelves
