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- 101 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 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Horror: Death Comes at Midnight 恐怖：夜半索命 I lived a routine life until the death of Old Chen changed everything. Beside his body lay a pile of handmade paper figures. One had been painted blood red and clutched in his stiff, dead hand. Blood-red words began appearing in the mirror: “Get out.” “He’s still in the building.” Then I received an ultimatum: his daughter needed a living substitute. Paper figures weren’t enough. Neither were his belongings. She wanted a living person in the building, someone warm and breathing. Tomorrow, at mid 17Reads—Score11014d adds
- 103 I Read People's Fortunes 我是一个看事的 (No harem, not a power fantasy, slow-paced, fighting monsters and leveling up) My name is Yu Xuanxiao. I was an ordinary person, but I was inexplicably drawn into a conspiracy and had no choice but to enter the Daoist sect and learn the art of talismans. By chance, I discovered that the source of it all was connected to a black fox from a hundred years ago. For the sake of my future, I can only fight alongside a group of like-minded companions, battling demons and monsters to the death time an 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Spirit-Sending Diary 送灵日记 She died with her eyes open, her body piled among countless corpses, her resentment reaching the heavens. She sings at night in the barren hills, waiting desperately for someone from her past, her devotion unchanged. They haunt an old mansion, their ghostly forms harming the living. There are no evil spirits in this world. They are all people who were hurt. I'm an unconventional spirit guide. I listen to the dead, resolve their lingering grievances, and lay their souls to rest. This is my work d 355Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 105 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
- 106 Welcome to My Live Stream of Self-Destruction 欢迎收看我的作死直播间 [Metaphysics + livestreaming + a little PK + farming space] [Female lead with two careers, ghost-hunting and alchemy; no CP, not an ensemble cast] When she opened her eyes again, Jiang Xuan, a max-level alchemist, discovered she had inexplicably returned to her hometown, just as spiritual energy was beginning to recover. Her complete collection had become a useless blank starter account, and the paid features of her portable space were about to expire. A disastrous start, but it was fine. Her ma 19Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 107 The Supernatural Events I Encountered in My Rental Apartment 我在出租屋遇到的灵异事件 One day, Du Shangfeng returned home and discovered that his once-gentle cousin had begun acting terrifyingly strangely. He was so frightened that he fled the house in the middle of the night. On the road, he ran into his college classmates Li Xiuchen and Pan Xiaowei, a girl from the Miao family. Together, they began investigating the matter. As they dug deeper, stranger and stranger things came to light: Why had their classmate Afu, who had moved away and whose house had been demolished, suddenl 7.7kReads8.3Score52414d adds
- 108 Yin-Yang Collector 阴阳收敛师 Gu Changan was just an undertaker at a funeral home in Jiangcheng, with the ability to see the deceased’s final day whenever he touched them. He had thought his job was simply to tidy the dead and see them through the last leg of their lives. But a series of old cases made him realize that not every restless spirit was born from resentment. Someone was secretly severing the paths of the dead, altering causes of death, and erasing names, turning the deceased into malevolent ghosts wandering among 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 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—14d adds
- 110 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—14d adds
- 111 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—14d adds
- 112 The Calamity of the House Guardian 镇宅之祸 The Calamity of the House-Guardian 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Demon Slayer of the City: This Taoist Master Kills, He Does Not Save 都市斩妖人：道爷只杀不渡 In the modern city, all seems peaceful and prosperous on the surface, but demons lurk beneath. The Taoist sect has fallen into decline, and swindlers are everywhere. The protagonist is one of the very few heirs who possess true teachings and ruthless methods. Hardcore Taoist arts, meticulous folk customs, brutal aesthetics, no female lead, intelligent characters 254Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 114 My Date with a Vampire: Future and Past 我和僵尸有个约会之未来昔日 Jiang Tianyou, the Zombie God, and Ma Xiaoling, the exorcist Celestial Master, both vanished without a trace after the world-ending crisis several decades ago, leaving behind only an urban legend about their demon-slaying exploits. Years later, the winds of change rise again, and the gears of fate begin turning once more! Kuang Tianya, an exorcist girl bearing her family's mission, unexpectedly encounters Kuang Wuming, a mysterious young man who keeps his true abilities hidden, in a city seeth 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 In My Next Life... 下辈子…… In the next life... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Edict: After the Hour of the Dog 敕令：戌时之后 A folk-horror tale: one official dispatch has been held up for three years. The speaker is Shen Yan, a registrar in Bianzhou. The dispatch was held up three months ago, and nobody dared take it on. Of the two who did, one grew a black ring around the back of his neck, while the other lost an eyelid. Three lines were written on the dispatch: Wherever it passes, there will be no rain for three years. After the hour of the Dog, do not enter any place with a threshold. There are only three rules: fi 83Reads—Score44214d adds
- 117 A Working Stiff's Ghost-Hunting Diary 牛马捉鬼日记 Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy. Slow burn; impatient readers, enter at your own risk!!! My name is Qin Fang. I was an ordinary, downtrodden wage slave, until one day, on a whim, I spent a whopping five hundred yuan at a street stall on a nine-story pagoda ornament. My peaceful life was turned upside down. Now, on top of slaving away at work all day and suffering for a measly few thousand yuan, I have to serve the pagoda spirit, Lord Bai, every night. I’m forced to hunt ghosts and subdue demons 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Master DS 大师DS I, Li Hai, encountered supernatural events while at university. With the help of Shen Muzhi, whom many people call Master Shen, I managed to rid myself of those “filthy things.” Later, when my childhood friend was plagued by supernatural happenings, I took him to seek Master Shen’s help again. These two incidents filled me with curiosity about Master Shen and his work, and somehow I ended up becoming his assistant. From then on, I investigated all kinds of supernatural events alongside Master Sh 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Supernatural: Starting Work at the Funeral Home 灵异：从殡仪馆上班开始 A person who received nine years of compulsory education finds themself caught up in a series of utterly bizarre events because of a job posting and a job... The synopsis doesn't do it justice. Read the story and see for yourself. 629Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Terrifying Folk Customs: Starting with Red Paper Suppressing Spirits 恐怖民俗：从红纸压魂开始 Every night at midnight, my wife secretly gets up and makes offerings to a sheet of red paper. Corpse-driving, Gu poison, summoning souls from the underworld, feng shui that destroys families, and dark magic that prolongs life: it all began when I discovered my wife's secret. 2.6kReads8.8Score40614d adds
- 121 Top Secret: Paranormal Investigation Bureau 绝密：灵异事件调查局 To investigate and handle supernatural incidents, the nation established a special task force. All files, mission reports, and research are classified as the highest level of national secrecy. As a field operative, I was fortunate enough to take part in handling all kinds of cases: the madness of thousand-year-old corpses, the wonders of supernatural abilities, and incidents involving hybrids of spirits, demons, and monsters... 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score12614d adds
- 123 My Mother Is Nüba 我的妈妈是女魃 I have a cheap mom. She’s gentle and kind, beautiful and generous, and always eager to help. P.S. She squeezed my neck and forced me to write those compliments~ She comes from a mysterious and noble background, and she’s long since grown tired of fighting. Unfortunately, the world is full of petty villains, so she has no choice but to send me, her cheap son, out to shield her from the wind and rain and work like an ox~ Life may be hard, but there’s plenty of fun, too. After all, some female ghos 963Reads—Score10214d adds
- 124 Uncle Nine: With Tattoos All Over My Body, I Don't Know How to Lose 九叔：全身纹身的我不知道怎么输 Tattooed across his back: Nine Dragons hauling a coffin, with Nezha sitting on a dragon’s head and pulling out its tendons; Guan Yu lying in the coffin with his eyes open; Master Sanzang seated on the coffin; Black and White Impermanence walking beside it; and the King of Hell who bars the gates perched on top. Tattooed on his wrist: a world-destroying Black Lotus, with the Demon Lord Luohou standing upon it. Tattooed on his chest: the Ten Primordial Evils. Azure Dragon on his left arm, White Ti 90Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 125 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 298Reads—Score10214d adds
- 126 Shadows in the Daylight 白昼暗影 The criminal he hunts is himself. The shadow he cannot escape is his only protector. Lin Mo, the police department’s star profiler, cracks one extraordinary case after another with his precise criminal psychology analyses. But he doesn’t know that every night, another self awakens: Shen Ye, a “dark vigilante” who fights violence with violence, hunting down criminals who escaped justice through Lin Mo. The massacre that destroyed his family when he was a child split ten-year-old Lin Mo’s mind, cr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Old Debts of Laoshan 崂山旧账 Mystery | Folk Legends | Crime Solving | Feng Shui and Fortune-Telling | Taoist Priest | Urban Supernatural Mystery | National Fortune When the incense dies out, old debts of fate must be settled anew [Slow Burn + Not a Power Fantasy + Protagonist’s Growth + No Overpowered Lead] Thirty years ago, Taoist priest Kuang Zhengqing of Taiqing Palace on Mount Laoshan in Island City died mysteriously on a mountain path. The official explanation was a dispute over incense offerings. Folk rumors said he 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Little Taoist of Nanshan 南山小道士 A torrential storm washed away his stall, and his protective charm burst into flames. Lin Yan was haunted by the evil spirit that had plagued him as a child! A staunch materialist, Lin Yan is forced into the world of the occult. He becomes a disciple of an old Taoist priest from Nanshan, learning talisman magic, exploring haunted houses, and dispelling waterborne curses, only to be unexpectedly caught up in rivalries among Taoist sects. As the evil spirits of the Taiping Sect stir up trouble, he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 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—14d adds
- 130 I’m Just a Middle Schooler, Why Do You Want Me to Stand Up for Ghosts! 我一初中生，你让我为鬼撑腰！ My grandpa and I go ghost hunting in our daily lives... My two best friends and I go ghost hunting in our daily lives... I don't know how I ended up with a constitution that attracts ghosts. Wherever I go, there are ghosts... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Yin-Yang Celestial Master: I Stole Your Magic Artifacts, and Now a Hundred Ghosts Roam the Night 阴阳天师：偷我法器，百鬼夜行了 [Celestial Master + invincible + folk-customs mystery + paper effigy maker + supernatural revival + dimensional superiority + comedic face-slapping + wild imagination + System] Wei Ping’an transmigrates into a parallel world where spiritual qi revival is underway, becoming the last Celestial Master of Maoshan’s Yin-Yang paper effigy lineage. He watches over a shabby funeral shop called Three Pure Ones Funeral Services. He had planned to earn merit with the Great Dao Manifestation System and unlo 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 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—14d adds
- 133 A Record of Funerals in a Small Town 小城丧葬录 In 2020, Rongcheng was battered by torrential rain. At 32, Chen Yan hit rock bottom after falling from a government post. Forced to resign over an air-gun incident, he crashed while hauling freight, went unpaid by an advertising agency, broke his leg at a construction site, and eventually became a food delivery rider, scraping by between his mortgage and daily expenses. One rainy night, he stopped to help someone and stumbled into the Xiao An Funeral Parlor, where he met Old Yang, who secretly c 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Urban Hauntings: My Paper Knife Can Pierce Illusions 都市诡异：我的纸刀能破妄 The rating has just been released, so it may still go up. Zhang Ping, an unemployed advertising copywriter, is attacked by a paper figure with a slit mouth in his shared apartment on a stormy night, at the lowest point in his life. On the verge of death, he desperately throws out an old piece of yellow paper he has carried for years, unexpectedly activating a fragment of the ancestral “Blade of Illusion-Breaking” and a mysterious “Night Watchman System.” The System turns terrifying supernatural 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 135 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记：我的左眼能见鬼 The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Lost Pool in the Mirror 镜中迷潭 That night, I stepped into the elevator. The doors opened four times. Each time, it was the fourth floor. The fifth time they opened, there was a hall of mirrors outside. In countless mirrors stood countless versions of me. Only one of them was smiling. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 260Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 138 Usurping Heaven's Mandate 篡天命 The arts of the Dao often say, “Fate can be known, but not changed; calamities can be calculated, but not avoided.” Yet when my grandpa passed down three ghost coins to me, he told me there was another kind of person in this world, someone who could toy with destiny as if it were in the palm of their hand. I’m one of those people who gamble with life: I gamble with other people’s lives, and with my own. But if you want to gamble with Heaven, you have to find a coffin first... 534Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 139 A Little Crazy, a Little Daoist, Crazy and Daoist All the Same! 癫癫又道道，道道又癫癫！ [Fortune-telling + face reading + feng shui + ghost hunting + lighthearted comedy] Stories and lessons always go hand in hand. Who knows whether young people will understand them. Zhang Jiuyue, a young Taoist from Sanxian Temple, slings his pack over his shoulder and heads down the mountain, with no idea what hardships life has in store for him. But as far as he is concerned, if gods come, he’ll kill the gods; if demons come, he’ll vanquish them. What’s there to be afraid of? Life is only a few 376Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Haunted House: The Evil God Descends 诡舍：邪神降临 [A Strange House fanfiction + horror + survival + infinite loop] Ning Qiushui sealed the Gray Sun, bringing the calamity of the old world to an end. But the Heavenly Dao demands balance between yin and yang. With the old evil destroyed, an even more powerful evil god was born. After lying dormant for ages, the Strange House's blood-red door appeared once more. The blood-red door swung open. Yin and yang were reversed, the underworld fell, and the six paths were severed. A new generation of S 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Bossy Sister and Crazy Younger Man: The Obsessive Younger Guy Fights to Win Her 御姐疯弟：疯批年下又争又抢 Jiang Yueman was set up by her boyfriend and sent to a stranger's bed. At the last moment, her bodyguard Lu Chengye, who had been protecting her in secret, rescued her. Under the influence of the drugs, they spent a night lost in passion. When Jiang Yueman was deceived, he said, “Sis, I told you from the start that Zhou Yuheng was no good. Why wouldn't you listen?” When Jiang Yueman's first love appeared, he said, “I'm the only one in this world who's sincere about you.” When Jiang Yueman sought 1Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 142 The Underworld's Manager 黄泉主理人 “Do you know why the lights at Haishi University never go out? Because monsters lurk in the dark, gnawing away at the light.” Lin Chen tosses his milk tea, frozen into an ice sculpture, into the microwave to thaw, then sighs at the red-clad woman flickering in and out of view in the mirror. His life is like an absurd horror movie: vending machines sell carbonated drinks flavored with Meng Po’s soup, corpses in the dissection room tap-dance on full-moon nights, and worst of all, he’s started eyei 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 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—14d adds
- 144 Old Alley Sound Repair: At Midnight Tonight, Qin Opera Calls the Souls 旧巷声修：今夜子时，秦腔引魂 [One Heroine + Sound Cultivation + Qin Opera + Livestreaming + Supernatural Mystery + Urban + Adventure] In modern society, information explodes across the world, and human negativity is amplified through social media, forming an immense “Tide of Resentment.” If no one guides and dispels it, within three years it will gather into a “Lament of Doomsday,” and the boundary between the worlds of yin and yang will collapse completely. Humanity’s power comes from “the Power of Wishes”: energy formed w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 My Dead Wife Returns on Our Wedding Night 亡妻归来新婚夜 My Late Wife Returns on Our Wedding Night 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 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
- 147 Demons Run Amok? I’m a Taoist Priest, This Is My Specialty 妖魔横行？贫道专业对口 Chen You'an opened his eyes and realized he had transmigrated. The good news: he had transmigrated with a System. The bad news: this was an ancient world torn apart by war and filled with starving corpses. There were no immortals or gods, only life-snatching demons, harmful devils, wandering ghosts, man-eating monsters, and hopping zombies. 2.4kReads5.4Score16114d adds
- 148 Notes from Tomb Raids on Yin Mountain 阴山盗墓手记 A new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 27Reads—Score414d adds
- 149 Tales of the Strange from Yutai 渔台志异 Some things are better believed than dismissed. Some people are better left unoffended. Some roads are better avoided, even if it means taking the long way around. That's what the old folks tell you. And that's what this book wants to tell you, too. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 There’s Someone on My Back 我的背上有个人 I always thought I'd slept wrong. I tried medicated plasters and got X-rays, until I met an old man who said, "Young lady, someone has been riding on your back for nearly half a year. You need to send her on her way, right now..." —Reads—Score—14d adds
