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- 1 The Yin-Yang Shopkeeper 阴阳掌柜 [Forgotten River Shop Rules] 1. The shop opens at the hour of the Pig and closes at the hour of the Rabbit. 2. Red cords are sold to the living, white candles to the dead. Do not mix them up. 3. If you see a customer whose feet do not touch the ground, do not trade with them. Close your eyes and look away until they leave on their own. 4. On the fifteenth of every month, you must complete a special order. It will be posted inside the counter. 5. Take good care of the bookkeeper. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Down-and-Out Pet Husband I Picked Up Is Actually a Big Shot 捡的落魄小宠夫竟是真大佬 The day my scumbag ex publicly called off our engagement, I casually picked up a homeless boy and asked, “Want to marry me?” He nodded obediently, his eyes shining like a fallen star. Later, when my ex discovered I was the second princess of Tianqi Group, he knelt outside my villa and begged me to take him back. Wearing the silk pajamas I bought him, the boy leaned against the door and smiled. “If you want to be my little kept husband, you’ll have to get in line, Sis.” At an auction, he casually 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Taoist Apprentice 实习道士 Daoist priests sound so awe-inspiring and righteous, but it's all an illusion. My unreliable master was the one who talked me into taking up the trade, and I've been through all sorts of strange and bizarre things... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Twelve Eerie Aspects 诡谲十二相 The Twelve Zodiac Omens is an innovative full-length novel blending Chinese zodiac culture with suspense and horror. It consists of twelve independent stories, each corresponding to one of the zodiac animals, and unfolds through a double-twist structure. Each story takes the symbolic traits of a zodiac animal as its starting point, then distorts and transforms its cultural image to create supernatural events rooted in tradition yet upending expectations. In the Rat chapter, a late Qing dynasty m 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Send Money in the Living World, Climb the Rankings in the Underworld 阳间打钱，阴间打榜 My name is Chen Fugui. I died from working overtime. When I woke up, I was lying on a drab street in the underworld. The ghosts waiting in line beside me told me the Terrace of Looking Homeward was up ahead. Once I drank Granny Meng’s soup, I could cross the bridge and get my place on the roster. I didn’t drink it. My wife was still pregnant with a child I’d never met, and I wanted to wait a little longer. Then the Ghost Festival gala began. The living world was holding a vote for “the ghost mos —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Night of the Return 回魂之夜 The Night of Returning Souls —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Strange Dao: From the Start, a Vengeful Spirit in the Marshal's Mansion 诡道，开局大帅府里的怨灵 [Supernatural + Suspense + Adventure] Yin soldiers crossing the border? I’ll draw talismans to trap them, borrow the incense offerings of the living, and force them to crawl back on their knees! Vengeful spirits haunting me? I’ll use copper coins to bind their souls and seal them in the earth’s ley lines. Feng shui curses? I’ll redirect the dragon veins and defy fate itself. In the chaotic Republic of China era, warlords carve up the land, yin soldiers march through, and living corpses roam by n —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Rule Horror: I'm an NPC, and I'm Going Crazy Again Today 规则怪谈：我NPC，今天也发疯 Others enter Rule Horror scenarios to survive. I got sucked in as an NPC, and the System even forces me to go crazy. If I don’t, I die. Fine, then I’ll go crazy for everyone to see. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Beautiful Teacher Asked Me for Help, and I Became Her White Bone Lady 美女老师求助我，我的白骨夫人 The Beautiful Teacher Asked Me for Help, and My White Bone Madam 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Water That Ate People in My Childhood Village 小时候，乡下吃人的水 When I Was Little, the Water in the Countryside Ate People —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 My Passengers Aren't Human 我的乘客，不是人 My Passengers Aren't Human —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Food Delivery Rules: Don't Look Back 外卖规则：别回头 Food Delivery Rules: Don't Look Back —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Curse of 3:45 PM 下午3:45的诅咒 The Curse at 3:45 p.m. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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—14d adds
- 15 True Strange Tales from the Folk 民间真实奇异怪谈 At midnight every night, we’ll take you through the door of forbidden secrets for spine-tingling thrills and mind-bending twists. Are you brave enough to test your limits? From folk ghost stories to strange urban cases, from deserted village houses to sealed train compartments, every tale is an immersive horror adventure. Just when you think you’ve uncovered the truth, the story suddenly turns upside down. The killer could be right beside you, and the deadliest danger is often hidden where you l 20Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 16 The God in the Cage 笼中之神 This is a requiem for prisoners, echoing between the abyss of reality and illusion. When the prison of consciousness is exposed, will you choose to sink into a sweet lie, or awaken to a cruel truth and be destroyed? The answer was already decided from the very start of the search. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 My Girlfriend Is a Corpse 我的女友是腐尸 On the day before graduation, my girlfriend turned into a rotting corpse overnight, all because I was responsible for what happened... 131Reads—Score11214d adds
- 18 A Modern Narrative of Supernatural Horror 灵恐现叙事 Original horror and paranormal fiction. Horror stories are only meant to help everyone unwind, not to make you more afraid. We welcome discerning readers to come and help answer everyone’s questions... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Mysterious Resurgence: I'm Not the Ghost King 神秘复苏，我不是诡王 [Mild horror, somewhat Lovecraftian, no System, survival and growth, one female lead, not for the fainthearted] "This story is entirely fictional and does not reflect reality. Now, the mysteries begin to return..." Grandpa died with his eyes open. The day we carried his coffin up the mountain, I didn't dare look back, because the people carrying it... weren't human! A daily dose of occult weirdness: One ring of the bell, and all ghosts flee; one talisman stuck on, and evil spirits call you Dad 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Hidden Chamber 诡藏室 On the edge of a bustling city stands the Lin family’s ancestral home, a sprawling old mansion utterly out of step with the times. Reporter Jiang Wan moved into the family estate after marrying her husband, Lin Jianshen. Gradually, she begins to notice his secretive comings and goings, the rooms in the house that remain locked year-round, and an indescribable chill in the air. One night, by chance, Jiang Wan sees Lin Jianshen carefully seal an old, bloodstained wooden comb inside a specially mad —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 In This Life, I See My Past Life 我于今生观前世 The protagonist encounters his past lives in a dream. Only after unraveling the mystery of his time in the womb does he discover that he is nothing but an empty shell. Once his three souls return to his body, three powerful spirits press against his own will. He has no choice but to deal with monsters and outside intruders to strengthen himself, all while withstanding the weight of karma and fighting to stay alive! Whether it's a black dragon stirring up trouble, a corpse-nurturing ground in the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn to Save You: Death Replay 重生一次拯救你-死亡回档 Reborn Once to Save You: Death Rewind —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Ming Dynasty Dream-Eater Chronicles 大明噬梦录 In the tenth year of the Wanli reign, demons and monsters roam behind the lantern-lit streets of Jinling. Tong Yan, a junior official at the Imperial Observatory, finds a strange black cat gravely wounded on a rainy night. With jade-black fur and mismatched eyes, it feeds on nightmares and sees through the demons lurking in people’s hearts. A painted-skin ghost combs her hair night after night, while a seamstress’s fingers are utterly ruined. Hongwu-era coins reappear, and everyone who obtains o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 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—14d adds
- 25 Doomsday Makeup Class: Surviving Among Zombies with Stinky Tofu 末日化妆班，靠臭豆腐混丧尸堆 The apocalypse has arrived, and zombies are surrounding the city. Zhang Yu, a makeup instructor, hasn’t even had time to finish her class when she’s swept into this fight for survival. Looking at her trembling students, Zhang Yu slaps her thigh. “Machetes and guns? We don’t have any! But makeup brushes, foundation, and half a box of stinky tofu? Those are the ultimate survival weapons!” Smear some gray-black paint on your face, add a few lifelike streaks of blood, then slather on a secret “zombi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Corridor of Resentment: Endless Terror 怨念回廊：无尽恐怖 When the bloody handprint on the classroom blackboard dragged Chen Mo into the Corridor of Resentment, he thought it was just a hallucination brought on by near-death. That is, until he saw his best friend in the hospital instance, chewed to pieces by his own mirror double, dissolving into a cloud of blood. [Welcome to the Five-Dimensional Corridor of Resentment. Clear 80 dimensions to reach the Gate of Guixu.] As the icy announcement rang out, the five-person team was forced onto a path of no r 3Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 27 I'm Broke, Why Should I Be Afraid of Ghosts? 我穷鬼，岂会怕鬼？ [Goofy] [Funny] [Irreverent] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Hop in] [No System] [A fish that slipped through nine years of compulsory education] Wang Ling landed a job paying 18,000 yuan a month as a security guard at a private hospital. On his first day, he was left completely stunned! Each floor of the hospital's inpatient wing had a special passage enshrining one of the underworld's yin deities. The morgue even had butcher's knives inexplicably lying around. Wang Ling put up with all of that. Then 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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—14d adds
- 29 Run! My Family Aren't Human 快跑，我的家人不是人 [No System] [Not a saint] [Infinite Flow] [mild horror] Just like any other evening after study hall, I opened the front door! The lights were off. My parents were lurking in the dark, waiting to devour my flesh. A guillotine blade hung over my head, held by my younger sister. My older brother had prepared a pot of fresh soup to go with his wine! Run! Run for your life! My family aren’t human! Your goal is to survive in this twisted world of humanity. 272Reads5.5Score11414d adds
- 30 Midnight in the Countryside 午夜乡村 My parents' job transfers sent me to live and study at my grandmother's house. Before bed, she warned me not to go and look, no matter what sounds I heard. From then on, one strange event after another came crashing into my life. Then, one day, my grandmother suddenly told me the secret about who I really was... 550Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 31 Decoding the Spirits 解灵 Do you believe that souls really exist in this world? Have any of you ever encountered one? If you truly came face to face with a soul one day, would you be afraid? There are many strange and unusual things in this world. If you ever encounter a soul, please believe me: don’t be afraid. All things have a spirit; even grass and trees have feelings. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 I, Zombie Celestial Master, Picked Up an Ancestor of Zombies. That's Normal, Right? 我，僵尸天师，捡漏个尸祖正常吧 Bai Xiang, a First-Rank Celestial Master of the Celestial Master Sect, encounters evil spirits terrorizing a small town as soon as he leaves the sect. He expects to exterminate the demons with ease, but the villagers mistake him for a fraud and attack him. The demons even ambush him, nearly costing him his life. Yet at the brink of death, a hidden power within Bai Xiang awakens. He can absorb the demons' blood essence, heal his wounds, and even command zombies as easily as moving his own limbs! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 My Undying-Bone Ancestor Is Neither Good nor Evil 我的不死骨老祖宗亦正亦邪 My Undying-Bone Ancestor Is Both Righteous and Evil Phoenix blood, the soul of a qilin, an undying bone, the Art of Immortality... A thousand-year-old conspiracy stirs once more, sending the world into turmoil. See how young Master Feng meets every move with a counter of his own! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Eerie Revival: A Hundred Ghosts Roam from the Start 诡异复苏：开局百鬼夜行 [Dark and oppressive + no saintly heroine + Ye Wudi + eerie + urban supernatural + hellish start from the start] This world has been contaminated. The supernatural has returned, and vengeful ghosts are coming for lives. When the eerie returns to the mortal realm, is this world still the realm of the living, or has it become hell? In an endless graveyard, a severed hand bursts from the earth, reaching up to blot out the sky. A dense fog engulfs a city, where faceless ghosts roam and take lives wi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 A Chronicle of Folk Secrets 民间秘闻纪实 The stories I write aren't made up. They're born when the wind beneath the old Chinese hackberry tree carries the earthy scent of Guanzhong into my ears, then slowly simmers in my heart. The “I” in those stories isn't always the same person either. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Divine Face Reader in Hemp Robes 麻衣神相 Before my grandfather died, he left me a divination that I must not disobey. Then my fiancée came to break off our engagement. Because of this, I went to the city to investigate, only to discover a tangle of entanglements and endless mysteries. To defy fate and change my destiny, I press forward without looking back. 329Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 37 Heir of Coffin Mountain 棺山传人 That day, Bai Liu, the grayish-yellow fox spirit, and the Five Immortals carried my grandfather into the mountains. Keeping the promise I had made at the Fox Immortal Temple, I embarked on an unseen journey between the worlds of yin and yang... 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Thanks to Worshipping Demons, I Have to Spend 200 Million in a Month or Die 拜鬼所赐一个月花完两亿否则死 Two million appears in my bank account every day, and I have to spend it all before midnight. At first, I think it's a windfall, and I splash the cash on a life of luxury and excess. But little by little, I realize that spending money has become a carefully designed death game. Something's wrong! This isn't luck, it's a curse. The ghost said that if I don't spend it all, it'll take my organs as payment. Today, there's only one minute left before the transfer, and the drink in my hand keeps winni 1.9kReads6.1Score11114d adds
- 39 One Room and Half a Person 一间房半个人 I played the fool for sixteen years just to stay out of the feuds of the wealthy, but I was still murdered. Now I’ve returned from hell, invincible. I’ll enter the mortal world and flatten the city, then descend underground and sweep across every corner of the land. Everything you treasure means nothing to me anymore... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Do I Look Human or Like a Ghost? 你看我是人还是鬼？ After graduating from high school, I was guarding watermelons in a melon field. One night, a thief came to steal them. I rushed over and fought him, driving him off, but then I came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. The next day, my family went to check the field. All they found were my own chaotic footprints and the watermelons trampled into mush... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 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 190Reads—Score14314d adds
- 42 Subduing Evil 镇邪 There are always mysterious things in this world, yet people dismiss them as nonsense. Miaojiang gu poison, corpse-driving in western Hunan, Nanyang curses, the Flowerfall Cave Maiden, shamanic sorcery, and yin-yang demons are all forbidden taboos. You don't have to believe in them, but you must remain in awe. Above all, never profane them! When the taboo soul bell rings out in the sky and ancient horrors quietly awaken, the world teeters on the brink of disaster. Will there still be someone who 637Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 43 Mountain Patrolman: I Suppress Evil with a Dragon's Sinew Only Three Inches Long 巡山人：我以三寸龙筋镇邪异 Warrior King Luo Laowai returns to his old home in the forests of Northeast China. By a stroke of luck, guided by the Gray Immortal, he obtains a three-inch dragon tendon. An old soldier with an old rifle takes on the forces of nature, ghosts, demons, and monsters. Fox, Yellow, White, Willow, and Gray Immortals gather as divine warriors at his gate. The Three Realms have always existed among humankind, and true immortals walk beside ordinary people... 12.6kReads7.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 44 Mountain God Festival 山神祭 The Greater Khingan Range. Temperatures below minus twenty, with snow up to a hunter's knees. A weasel spirit crouched in a tree, watching as a hunter in a fox-fur hat crept across the snow with his rifle at the ready. If the hunter died, his flesh would go to the beasts and spirits hiding in the woods, while his soul would belong to the mountain god who commanded the clouds, winds, and rain. From the moment he took his first step into the forest and snow, the hunter's life was no longer his ow 45Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 45 The Surreal Club 超现实俱乐部 [No System + slow-paced + urban high martial arts. The first scenario is a transition; the second kicks things into high gear.] It was during a torrential downpour that a blood-red QR code and a black-and-gold envelope brought an invitation from hell. Ghosts, gods, spirits, monsters! One scenario after another, one surreal event after another. Are these game instances, or another world? By chance, Chen Rang steps into this bizarre and fantastical world. He often wonders: is he a player, a cannon —Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 46 Welcome to Wenshi Hall 欢迎光临问世堂 [Traditional supernatural tales + eerie legends and heretical lore + mysteries of the past + the many sides of life + heartwarming healing] One female lead, no System, no harem, one-on-one romance. A satisfying story that isn't mindless, with plenty of comeuppance. The male lead has lived for a thousand years. The female lead is powerful and keeps growing stronger, and the main cast never holds her back. The grandfather doesn't die at the start. The first arc moves quickly. Its lingering mysteri 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Autopsy Report: Suspect Zero 尸检报告：零号嫌疑人 Qin Mo, chief forensic examiner at the Jingang Public Security Bureau, teams up with rookie forensic assistant Lin Wan. Through meticulous autopsies, they dismantle one seemingly airtight murder case after another, identify the overlooked prime suspect through the silent testimony of the dead, and uncover the truth behind concealed deaths. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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—14d adds
- 49 The Heavenly Official's Edict 天官敕令 When Chen Qi awakens the long-lost “Word Spirit Edict” during a haunted-house livestream, he thinks it’s just a way to earn money to save his father. But when fragments of an antique bronze mirror reveal a thousand-year-old formation, and the technology group “Entropy” uses algorithms to optimize feng shui and kill, he realizes he’s been dragged into an ultimate war between traditional occult arts and modern technology. From malignant spirits in haunted houses to ghost soldiers on the march, and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Tomb-Keeper's Shaman Boy 守陵巫童 My name is Shen Yan, the lowliest tomb-guarding shaman boy on Mount Cangwu. A vengeful spirit in white bit my neck, leaving behind a black, snake-shaped mark. She said I had forty-nine days left to live. I thought that was as bad as things could get. Until my fellow disciples sold me out, and the tomb warden sealed off the mountain to hunt me down. Until the remnant soul of a Martial Emperor, who had slept beneath the earth for a thousand years, began coveting my cinnabar-bloodline body. One w 2Reads—Score—14d adds
