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- 51 The Northern School's Secret Tombs: Nine Talismans to Find the Tomb 北派秘藏九符寻陵 No mystical spells or dazzling magic, just clashes of blades and bloody fights. Against a backdrop where the modern martial world intertwines with the transmission of cultural traditions, the “Nine Talismans,” the keys that unlock Qin Shi Huang's tomb, become the focus of competing forces. To protect the roots of his culture and trace the whereabouts of his missing master, protagonist Chen Feng is drawn into a story of the duty to safeguard cultural relics and the undercurrents stirring among ma 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Reading Memories 窥视记忆 Chen Yuan’s life followed a routine precise to the minute: he woke at the same time every morning, every object was placed with millimeter accuracy, and everything had adhered to the same order for five years. Until one morning, the routine began to go wrong. His cup was two centimeters out of place, the coffee machine’s settings had been altered, and the familiar cityscape was completely askew. In his orderly world, these tiny anomalies were cracks hinting at a far deeper collapse. At the cent —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 What's the Point of Reincarnation? I Want to Be a Vengeful Ghost 投胎算什么，我要做厉鬼 What's Reincarnation? I Want to Become a Vengeful Ghost 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 After Moving into a Haunted House, the Male Ghosts Set Their Sights on Me 住进凶宅后，男鬼们盯上我了 [One female lead, three male leads] [Male ghosts] [All characters are sexually inexperienced] Ruan Xi wanted some peace and quiet, so she bought a century-old haunted house outright. But she never expected the “residents” to have no intention of leaving her in peace. Three male ghosts trapped there had all set their sights on her. They thought she was a helpless prey who had wandered into their trap. But they had no idea that she was the hunter who had walked into the cage. 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 The Dragon Coffin 龙棺 The day my mother gave birth to me, a dying giant snake frightened her so badly that she started bleeding. In a fit of rage, my father cut off the snake’s head. When I was born, birds and beasts took flight, and countless snakes gathered, surrounding our courtyard so tightly that nothing could get in or out. My grandfather asked a feng shui master to resolve the matter. He buried the giant snake’s remains in our ancestral graveyard, and only then did its resentment subside. Ever since I was old 310Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 56 The Paper Effigy Yama 纸扎阎罗 Before Grandpa died, he left me with a warning: a paper effigy maker must never make three kinds of figures. On my very first day taking over the shop, I broke every rule. I made a wedding dress for a girl who died violently, a filial son for a childless widow, and finally... a stand-in for a living person. Now all the paper figures I made come alive at night and gather around me, calling me “Master.” Outside the window, the girl who should have been dead for three years is knocking on the door. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Lin Dadan’s Path to Summoning the Gods 林大胆的请神之路 In the countryside, spiritual qi has only just revived. This is not Spiritual Qi Revival in the traditional sense: it is not that all humanity has awakened supernatural powers. Instead, “yin energy awakened first.” The yin veins deep beneath the earth were the first to stir, and zombies buried for hundreds of years sensed the spiritual qi before the living did. The strength of ghosts and monsters surged overnight, while human Daoists and spirit mediums had yet to catch up. Ancient lineages like 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 New Tales from the Strange Studio 新聊斋奇谈 The author has collected strange tales of ghosts and monsters from elderly people around them and various folk sources. The stories are fresh, with surprising twists, and have the feel of a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Not for the faint of heart! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 The Ominous Coffin 凶棺 It all started with a coffin that floated up from the river... I thought it was a fortune dropped from the sky, but it turned out to be a disaster. After I pried open the coffin, I began to feel that something unclean had followed me home. My daughter grew stranger by the day. She was only three, yet she had already started developing! 120Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 A Bewildering Labyrinth of Strange Tales 诡谲迷迭 [Infinite Flow] [No Golden Finger] My name is Wang Hong. My younger sister has gone mad. She's been haunted by a ghost. When I started searching for the truth, I was haunted by a ghost too. I should have realized sooner. Now, there's no going back. And ghosts are like a plague. I was the one who brought them into the lives of those around me. Believe me, I didn't mean to. If she comes to find me, it'll be inevitable once she comes to her senses. Anyway, while I was still more or less lucid, I le 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 The Pact of the Ancient Book 古书之契 It all began when Lin Zhiyu picked up a strange book. Then he met the equally strange Yu Zhiyan, who seemed to have a secret connection to the book. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Haunted 撞邪 Can you guarantee that the people around you are really human? A lowly office worker had always kept his head down and worked in silence, until one day he accidentally discovered that his coworkers weren’t human at all… To stay alive, he has to pretend everything is normal, struggling to survive in the narrow cracks of this place day after day… 4.4kReads8.4Score326Shelves
- 63 A Talentless Mystic? I Maxed Out My Yin-Yang Eyes from the Start 玄学废材？开局点满阴阳眼 Lin Yi, 22, is a recent college graduate. On the surface, he is a “good-for-nothing” who keeps striking out in his job search. In truth, he was born with yin-yang eyes, but his spiritual powers never awakened, so he has been seeing ghosts since childhood. Cowardly yet stubborn, he uses humor as a defense mechanism. His catchphrase is, “I don’t want to be brave either, but ghosts don’t play fair!” This is the story of how unlucky Lin Yi is forced into action, using scientific thinking and an unre —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Tales of the Tomb Gate Hunt 墓门狩记 Xu Changsheng is cursed with the fate of a lone star. At seventeen, he brings death to all thirteen members of his family, leaving only his distant granduncle, Zhang Facai, alive. Zhang Facai encounters a sinister supernatural affair at the Liu family estate in Changbai Mountain and is rescued by Linghu Shou, a mysterious tomb-raiding officer from the Northern School. Linghu Shou chooses Xu Changsheng and takes him to Harbin, where he joins a band of extraordinary people on an expedition into th 58Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 65 A Collection of Short Supernatural Stories 灵异故事短篇集 A series of three-person adventures beginning with Chapter 1245. Each chapter is a standalone story, blending folk customs, urban legends, horror, suspense, and comedy. The six protagonists each have distinct personalities, taking you between terrifying thrills and lighthearted fun. Hope you enjoy! 161Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 All Those Years I Took on Commissions 我做委托的那些年 Mother-and-child temple demons? Jumping corpses from mountain villages? Flying-head demons? Strange monsters and spirits? A ghostly bride? No, they’re all props and actors! An analysis of human nature? A tragic life? A bittersweet romance? No, they’re all just scripts! Is this the male lead’s real-life experience? No, it’s a microfilm! If you don’t understand my Daoist arts, then I happen to know a few moves myself! 3Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 67 I Refuse to Perform! 拒演！ Jiang Che, a lowly bit player, struggled for three years in Hengdian. With no connections or resources, he was on the brink of despair when he was unexpectedly pulled into the mysterious Fatebound Film Set. This is a live-streamed fight for survival, controlled by high-ranking deities. The real world and the inner world are completely bound together: injuries in the inner world are mirrored in reality, and death means the soul is truly annihilated. Everyone who enters is an actor, and must stri —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Supernatural Affairs Receiver 灵异接收员 It all began with a dark story. If my special abilities can save others, then I'll do whatever it takes. And so the strange tale begins. The most terrifying thing isn't ghosts. It's the human heart. The world doesn't have that many chosen ones with plot armor. After all, we're all human, not immortals. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The Great Yong's Number One Thief Catcher 大雍第一贼捕 In the Great Yong Dynasty, he had the most valuable pair of hands. There was nothing he couldn't steal: secret palace artifacts, masterpieces by renowned artists, even sealed chambers. That is, until a female constable caught him red-handed at a crime scene one night. The day after the shackles went on, the authorities offered him a way out: solve cases to atone for his crimes. The merit-and-penalty ring on his wrist recorded each case he solved. Every time he used his borrowed authority, anothe 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 The Boy in the Hemp Robe 麻衣少年 [Ma Yi Divine Physiognomist, Young Feng Shui Master, Defying Fate] The year I was born, torrential rain fell from the heavens, and hordes of weasels swarmed into my home. To save me, my father leapt into the flood. When I was seven, my grandfather took in five female disciples, and they all became my senior fellow disciples. My bizarre story begins with these five senior sisters. 2.5kReads8.6Score235Shelves
- 71 The Sea Without Eyes 无瞳之海 This story follows Elena Shaw’s horrifying discoveries in the remote fishing town of Arkham. After she is invited to study a strange statue unearthed in the basement of a local church, a series of supernatural events unfolds: fishermen mutter deliriously about dreams beneath the sea, the tides bring in the remains of indescribable creatures, and ancient families guard dark secrets. As her investigation deepens, Elena gradually realizes that the town lies atop a fissure between reality and nightm 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Shocking! Even a Bunch of Goofy Nobodies Can Produce a Master! 震惊！沙雕路人组也能出大神！ (Complete! The rating is low because it only just opened) [No romance + comedy + maxed-out heroine combat power + quick transmigration + System sidekick] After traveling through dozens of worlds, Shen Yi has finally become a full-time employee of the Quick Transmigration Bureau! . But when she eagerly summons her System, ready to work her way toward becoming an S-rank mission-taker, the System gives her a smile like a customer service rep from Taobao and pours cold water on her plans. “Host, you 86Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 73 The Midnight Beauty I Brew into a Potion 深夜艳女，都会被我熬进药罐中 Those old folk remedies are a scam? Chinese medicine is useless? Ye Xuan sneered inwardly. “You’re just missing one medicinal ingredient.” No one knew that every alluring woman who appeared late at night would end up simmering in his medicine pot... A funny urban paranormal power fantasy. If you laugh yourself to death, you’ll be the next medicinal ingredient... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Case Seven: From a Ghost's Last Wish to a Cult Mystery 第七单：从亡魂心愿到邪教迷案 Case Seven: From a Dead Soul's Wish to a Cult Mystery —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 After a Ghost Hit Me While Delivering Takeout, I Became the Underworld's Top Mediator 送外卖撞鬼后：我成了阴阳界金牌调解员 After Running into a Ghost While Delivering Food, I Became the Underworld's Top Mediator —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 As Long as the Heart Lamp Burns, His Delivery Box Carries Unfinished Wishes 心灯不灭，他的外卖箱里装着未了的心愿 As Long as the Heart Lantern Burns, His Delivery Bag Carries Unfulfilled Wishes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Merit-Bearing Demon Venerable: My Post-Apocalyptic World Is a Blessed Paradise 功德魔尊：我的末世是福地洞天 Mo Chen is the sole surviving heir of the Tianyue Sect after its destruction. He carries a blood feud on his shoulders, yet his identity as a demonic cultivator leaves him unable to take a single step. Slaughter brings karmic sin, and the Heavenly Dao will not tolerate him. His path forward is cut off. In this desperate moment, he awakens the sect’s supreme treasure, the Wheel of All Worlds, and enters a silent realm of the dead ruled by zombies. To his shock, he discovers that slaughtering zomb 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Great, the Whole Village Is Haunted, and I’m Beyond Saving 太好啦，全村都是诡，我没救了 [Horror + Body Collection + Comedy + Plot Twists] On the day I graduated from college, I got a call saying my dad had skinned himself and died. My mother said she had to meet her daughter-in-law before my dad was buried, so I had no choice but to pay a fortune to hire the campus belle to pretend to be my girlfriend. But when I returned to the village, I discovered that no one there was human! They were all corpses... After narrowly escaping death, I became a corpse collector. The first one I col 990Reads5.6Score107Shelves
- 79 You Call That a Rule? And You’re Using It? 这是你规则吗你就用 Paranormal phenomena, rules, transferring rule punishments Who can relate? One moment, overworked office drone Lin Ze opened his eyes, and the next he had fallen straight into a rule-based horror apartment! Open the door at midnight and die? Something paranormal pounds on the door, shouting, “Open up!” Lin Ze activates his talent in response: “Transfer Punishment! Let this thing find out what it feels like!” The next second, a bloodcurdling scream comes from outside, and the paranormal thing dro 5Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 80 You Were Asked to Appraise Treasures, So Why Are You Appraising Legs? Is Being a Cop Still Your Side Job? 让你鉴宝你鉴腿？副业还是警察？ [Antique Appraisal Streams] [Comedy] [Parody] [Absurd] [Beautiful Women] [No Female Lead] Qin Quan activates the Leg Appraisal System. Whenever he appraises a leg during an antique appraisal and gives it a score of ninety or higher, he receives a god-tier reward. With male viewers, he replies with a straight face to whatever they say. With female viewers, he’s all enthusiasm. “I’m counting to three. Put the treasure where it belongs, or I won’t appraise it.” And so Qin Quan becomes known as the 71Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 81 Mysticism: An Evil Cultivator Poses as a God and Earns Boundless Merit 玄学：邪修扮神明，功德无量了 [Occult mysteries, feel-good and satisfying, strong heroine, male lead, no devoted lapdog] Qin Yu is the most wicked of gods, with a particular fondness for corrupted souls. By accident, she passed through a crack in a secret realm and ended up in another world, inside the body of a young woman. Then she became an impersonator of the Goddess of Fertility. Heh, an actual evil god pretending to be a fake deity? How interesting. There’s a vicious stepmother, a scheming stepsister, and an unfeeli 193Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 82 Five-Year-Old Cutie Ye Xiaoman: Blows Up the Yin-Yang Realm 五岁萌宝叶小满：炸翻阴阳界 Five-year-old Su Xiaoman was born with yin-yang eyes and destined to be short of money... After her parents are tragically killed, a Daoist priest saves her, takes her in, and teaches her his skills. She eats the mountain temple out of house and home, so her master sends her down the mountain, saying, “Your family is in trouble.” With osmanthus candies in her pocket, she sets off to find her relatives. Gazing at a grand villa, she sobs, “Waaah... I've finally found a meal ticket for life...!” Sh —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 The Sinful Eye 罪业视界 The people they're hunting aren't the killers, but the dead. There's a rumor at the local police station that no one dares discuss openly: retired veteran detective Yan Mingguo can see the "sins" people carry. Faced with the baffling "Red-Clad Bride Serial Murder Case," rookie officer Lin Fan knocks on Yan Mingguo's battered iron door, having run out of options. After touching the evidence, the old man delivers a chilling verdict: "The killer isn't human..." "But it isn't a ghost, either." He —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Atonement Darwin 赎罪达尔文 What do you mean, I transmigrated, then transmigrated again? (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no wish fulfillment, no System. An ensemble cast with a focus on characters and plot. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read.) “My life ended yesterday, but my story begins today.” Lu Wei was an ordinary second-year college student on Earth, but every night he entered another world of immortal cultivation in his dreams. When he was certain the world in his dreams was fake, he found himself trapped i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The House Immortal Affairs Office 家仙办事处 Chen Ping'an, a graduate student in folklore, has never believed in ghosts or gods. That is, until he inherited his old family home and caught a fox spirit sitting on his sofa in the middle of the night, playing Honor of Kings. Then it tossed him an employment contract from the “Household Spirits Affairs Office.” From then on, his materialist worldview completely fell apart: Huang Xian works as a delivery driver, gathering intelligence. Bai Xian runs a traditional Chinese medicine clinic and sec 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 A Divine Summoning Gone Awry 阴差阳错请神人 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 My Mockumentary Came True 我的伪纪录片成真了 Luo Luo thinks he's just one “good ghost” away from becoming famous. As a struggling paranormal content creator, he throws himself into digging up a sealed videotape. Hidden inside is an urban legend called the Mirror Palace Puppet, said to appear only between two mirrors facing each other. His followers skyrocket and his popularity soars. Luo Luo brags to the camera, “Guys, I'm totally cashing in on this wave of traffic!” Then he realizes that all the strange footage is starting to invade reali 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Red and White Banquets 红白席面 [Mild thrills] [A clever main cast] [One heroine] [No excessive saintliness] [All manner of evil spirits + mysterious practitioners with their own agendas] A sudden mishap at her father's funeral leads Li Sixian, a wealthy heiress, to be rescued by Gan Xin, a village banquet chef. She discovers the hidden side of the world, and, determined to spare her father the tortures of the City of Wrongful Death, she boldly chooses to become a ghost official while still alive. A rookie ghost official who k 14Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 89 The Wicked Husband’s Seduction 邪夫撩人 I was born on the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival. From that day on, strange things kept happening in my village, and the people around me died one after another. To stay alive, I fled into the Dragon King Temple. When I came out, I found myself haunted by an invisible man... (Traditional supernatural horror + mind-bending mystery + realism) 161Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 90 Possessed by an Evil Spirit 撞邪 Grandpa spent his whole life doing good deeds. He never imagined that one night, he would ruin a young girl's life... 306Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 91 The Great Immortal's Record of Sealing Tombs 锁冢大仙录 The moment the Nuo mask swept across my right eye, the world changed. I saw underground waterways deep beneath the earth. I saw ancient Shu script carved into the stone walls three thousand years ago. And in the deepest place, I saw a crack with two words carved inside: Buzhou! And then there was Shangguan Wanyu, a forensic pathologist with a doctorate. The first time I saw her, the bone needles at her waist were all ringing, as if twelve tuning forks had been struck at once. She said my right e —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Coffin Shop No. 444 棺材铺444号 In the vast north stands an old town forgotten by time and snow: Qishan Town. At its eastern end is a shop older than the town itself. It has no sign, but everyone knows its address: 444. It is a coffin shop. The Lin family coffin shop has been passed down for 347 years. Its keeper has always been the sole heir of each generation, and every one has obeyed a strict rule: close the doors at sunset; if someone knocks at midnight, do not answer if they are alive. They say answering will awaken thin 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Stirring Up Trouble in Northeast China at Pimen 我在皮门搅动东北风云 Only those who aren't afraid to die deserve to know. In 1945, the Seven Gates gathered at Duanchang Gorge. After that battle, the secret ceased to be a secret and became a debt paid in blood. Ye Yitian was merely the least remarkable heir of the Pi Gate, scraping by in Shencheng in Northeast China with his skill at making high-quality counterfeits. But then a damaged fragment of a hidden map from Along the River During the Qingming Festival appeared before him. Soon afterward, the authorities ca 4Reads—Score114Shelves
- 94 I’m a Dentist in a Small Town, and I Exorcise Demons on the Side 我在小城当牙医，兼职驱邪 [Mystery + the supernatural + urban legends + team growth] Pull teeth by day, exorcise evil by night: my side gig is way more thrilling than my day job! Chen Mo is an ordinary dentist in Qinglin City. One day, after pulling a mysterious old man's tooth, the man drew a blood talisman on his palm. That night, Chen Mo dreamed of a giant snake that could speak. When he woke up, he discovered he had become a disciple of the Willow Immortal, able to communicate with the realms of the living and the d 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 The Nuo Dancer's Ordeal 傩人难 Isolated and misunderstood, two people just alike meet because of fate. What kind of story will unfold? Will it be funny or terrifying? Everything takes place beneath a vast shadow. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Running a Small Business in Silent Hill 我在寂静岭做小生意 [Comedy + humor + no-brainer fun] No System, not invincible When I entered this vast, white place, air raid sirens went off every night, and the walls were always shedding plaster. I'm just an ordinary person who served in the military. I came here to do business because it was cheap. I should have fled this desolate, uninhabited place, but poverty made me overcome my fear. Just when I thought this was a lawless land, someone actually told me to pay taxes. I can't take this anymore, I... 67Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 97 Thirty Years of Strange Tales from the Northeast 东北异事三十年 Forty years ago, the old man ventured into Ghost Mountain at night and negotiated with the ghosts, winning Dongshan Village forty years of peace. Forty years later, a lone grave has thrown the whole village into chaos. A tragedy from forty years ago has claimed nearly a hundred innocent lives! What started it all? Why has a corpse's white hair turned black, and what is the red-clad female ghost trying to point to when she appears at midnight? 178Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 98 City Feng Shui Master: My Compass Can Slay Dragons 都市风水师：我的罗盘能斩龙 [System + decisive and ruthless + slaying demons, driving out evil, and killing the supernatural] Lin Yan thought that after his grandfather passed away, he would be left all alone, eventually worn down by making ends meet until he died. Then one day, an evil spirit appeared before him, and the Heaven-Appraising System lit up! The evil spirit was gone, and a wealthy CEO showered him with money. From then on, Lin Yan stepped into a strange and sinister world invisible to ordinary people. Nightmar 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 This Master Really Is Crazy 这个大师果然有病 [Urban Supernatural + Master of Madness + Funny Everyday Life + Fortune-Telling Bandit] Master Chang narrowed his eyes, watching as the man was about to snap. “Brother, I advise you not to do that!” “If you do, it’ll prove my reading was wrong!” “If my reading is wrong, someone’s going to pay for it!” “You don’t want anything to happen to your family, do you?” Master Chang looked down at the man who had been tied up hand and foot. “Brother, normally, we fortune-tellers don’t go around forcing pe 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 The Human Soul 人魄 The Human Soul 1Reads—Score—Shelves
