Novels like Breaking Hell: The Celestial Master Returns
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- 101 Office Ghosts: Don't Work Overtime office有鬼之不要加班 There Are Ghosts in the Office: Don’t Work Overtime 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 A Strange Tale Every Night 夜夜都有诡故事 [Extreme Supernatural Horror] [Ghosts, Fox Spirits, and Other Strange Creatures] [Not for Women] [Not for the Fainthearted] Based on personal experience and real events. The occult is science we have yet to touch; science is the occult we have already mastered. 23Reads—Score114d adds
- 103 The Calamity Wardens' Apocalypse 压祟默示录 [Mystery and the supernatural + ensemble cast + first-person narration + Eastern mythology + Daoism] The copper coin a strange Daoist casually gave me turned out to be the legendary evil-repelling coin? Are the haunted mansion and the attacks by the walking corpses really because an evil fiend has emerged from seclusion? Or is there some other hidden truth? Is there more to the familiar New Year's Eve story than we know? Can some of the inexplicable things in modern life actually be explained? D 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列 The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 The Ghost-Catching Taoist Master 捉鬼天师 To build a road, the village assigned me and a few others to demolish a grave. Everyone died, but I survived. I’m the only one who knows why... 55Reads—Score814d adds
- 106 A Haunted House for 500 a Month, and I'm the Only One Who Knows How to Survive 月租五百的凶宅，只有我知道怎么活 A Haunted House for 500 Yuan a Month, and I’m the Only One Who Knows How to Survive 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Seven Roads Across the River, Homeward Bound 渡川七路归人 [Publication-quality assurance, slow-burn + expansive worldbuilding that gets better the more you read + urban fantasy + college student + supernatural + Taoist priest + mild horror + face-slapping + showing off] My name is Lin Du, and I’m a college student. I was born with a weak Water element in my birth chart, and my fate lacked a safe ferry crossing. My mother named me Lin Du, hoping I would help others and myself safely cross life’s waters and enjoy a peaceful life. For half my life, I was 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Girls' Dormitory 女生宿舍 Every school has its share of ghost stories, especially places steeped in yin energy, like the girls' dormitory... I'm a veteran who used to be an atheist. But it wasn't until I became a security guard at Taiping School that I learned the truth...! 218Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 110 After I Fell into a Coma, Mom Became My Grandma 昏迷后，妈妈成了我的奶奶 I woke in a pool of blood, with a dead old man lying beside me. When I opened my eyes again, Dad was gone. Mom had become “Grandma,” called me her “good girl,” and said she was a transmigrator. I didn’t believe her. I secretly stopped taking my medicine, but my memories grew more and more deranged Did I kill someone? Am I a transmigrator? Am I a boy or a girl? When I was ten, she forced me into a ghost marriage with a paper effigy. When I was twenty, I saw a bearded man in the mirror. She had ma 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Ghost Stories at Three in the Morning 三更讲鬼 This book recounts some strange events from the 1980s. One place holds far more than a hundred stories. Perhaps it would be more fitting for me to be a bystander, or a listener. I have written down the stories I heard to remember the past. You can simply take the people and events in these pages as a joke, if you like. Or you can read them as stories that invite self-reflection. Who knows... the characters in them might bear a resemblance to you. Or perhaps they reflect someone close to you. Wit 149Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 112 After Losing My Memory, the Ice-Cold CEO Took Me Home 失忆后，我被冰山美女总裁捡回家 The protagonist is thrown off a cliff by his wife and her lover. At the brink of death, his memories come roaring back! For three years as a live-in son-in-law of the Xu family, Zhao Yu did the laundry, cooked, and never complained. He gave them everything he had, only to be repaid with betrayal, beatings, and humiliation. On a rainy night, they wrapped him in a bedsheet and threw him off a cliff on Wuxing Mountain. He should have died in the storm-ravaged wilderness, but the blood running down 59Reads—Score314d adds
- 113 I'm Just a Photographer, So Why Do I Keep Seeing Ghosts?! 我就是个摄影师，为什么总见鬼！ [Original Work] [First Published Here] [Supernatural Horror] [Mystery and Puzzles] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Folk Supernatural] [Light Transmigration] Photographer Lin Shen ventured alone to an abandoned manor in the wilderness, hoping to capture a series of supernatural photographs that could turn his career around. Instead, he was lost in a ravine forever. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of He Xun, another freelance photographer. Like before, he made a living wi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 If I Were to Refine Qi, I Would Be Invincible 我若炼气便是无敌 Ye Yun was an ordinary delivery worker, struggling to survive in the city every day. Then one day, he came across a mysterious stranger and obtained an ancient cultivation manual. With the miniature universe of time contained within it, Ye Yun completed ninety million years of cultivation in just one day in the real world. He stepped straight into the Nirvana Realm and became invincible in the world... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 I Blundered into a Horror World, Only to Find That All the Bosses Were Lamps 误入恐怖世界，没想到BOSS全是灯 I stumbled into a world of horror, only to find that every BOSS was a lamp. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Haunted University: I’m the Only Living Person on Campus 诡大学：全校就我一个活人 [Supernatural + one female lead] He scored 320 on the college entrance exam and just wanted to find a decent university to attend. He never expected to meet a ghostly version of Zhang Xuefeng, who recommended a ghost university 😭 His classmates and teachers are all ghosts 👻 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.2kReads8.3Score7k14d adds
- 119 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈 A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.3kReads—Score37914d adds
- 120 The Vengeful Ghost Great-Grandma Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure Yang Infant Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 厉鬼太奶想杀我女，我纯阳婴镇碎百年血契 A Vengeful Ghost of a Great-Grandmother Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure-Yang Baby Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 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 4Reads8.3Score114d adds
- 122 Taking Ghostly Orders at Three in the Morning: No Matter What You Hear, Never Look Back 凌晨三点接阴间订单：无论听见什么声音，千万别回头 At three in the morning, I took a delivery order from the underworld: No matter what sounds you hear, never look back 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 The Twilight Line of the Haunted Realm: Conquering It with My Wits 诡界晨昏线：靠脑子制霸诡界 [Mild horror] [No System] [Character growth] [One heroine] Countless “Haunted Realms” suddenly appeared around the world. Like black holes, they devoured ordinary people's mental energy and the real world, pushing reality to the brink of madness. In response to the crisis, all kinds of organizations sprang up. They ventured into the Haunted Realms to explore, seized haunted objects to protect themselves, and sought the truth on the edge of life and death. As their investigations deepened, they d 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 124 My Days Working at a Funeral Home 我在殡仪馆工作的那些事儿 My name is Ling Yu. I work at a funeral home with Big Fatty. One day, a beautiful corpse wearing Chanel arrived at the funeral home. I stole the Chanel outfit and gave it to my girlfriend. Then a string of sinister things began to happen... Deaths kept piling up, closing in on Big Fatty and me step by step. How can we escape Death's pursuit? 2kReads5.9Score10614d adds
- 125 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 291Reads—Score1014d adds
- 126 Divorced at 35, I Return to the Throne as Beijing’s Elite Beg Me to Come Back 35岁离婚，京圈跪迎我归位 Tags: Female-oriented | Mature urban action hero | Business and espionage | Sweet and satisfying | Both leads are devoted only to each other At thirty-five, I caught my husband cheating in the apartment I bought. He was on his knees on the sofa, his mistress wrapped in my silk dressing gown, while my stepdaughter filmed them on her phone. I smashed the glass of the liquor cabinet and flung blood in his face. “I’ll see you at the Military Procuratorate.” Within twenty-four hours, I delivered him 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Great Medium 通灵大法师 A mysterious young man gets dragged into one conspiracy after another when he takes on a ritual job. To stay alive and avoid becoming a pawn, he launches an epic battle to defy fate and change his destiny. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Reborn: A Heartbroken Revenge 重生之爱断情殇复仇劫 Ye Chenxi, the young heir of Beijing’s elite circle, was born into privilege and stood far above others. He had believed that love was pure and his marriage blissful. But his wife’s betrayal plunged into his heart like a blade. The tenderness they once shared vanished like a dream, trust crumbled, and love turned to hatred. He was no longer the man who doted on his wife. His deep eyes held nothing but coldness and resolve. With the power of Beijing’s elite circle at his command, he launched a me 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 130 The System Was Gifted to Me from the Start 开局就送系统 After transmigrating to another world, Xiao Lin unexpectedly binds himself to an overpowered System. Short on resources? Trade for spiritual energy and easily make up for gaps in your cultivation. Weak cultivation? Master both alchemy and artifact forging, and watch your strength soar. Even ordinary weapons can be tempered and upgraded, while common pills can be refined to perfect quality. He lies low and builds his strength in Qingyang City as turmoil rages across the Central Region, where a my 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Paralyzed by Terror: The Shadow That Smelled of Tobacco 鬼压床惊魂-那具带着烟草味的黑影 Terrifying Sleep Paralysis: The Shadow That Smelled of Tobacco 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Tiger Skin: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Knocked at My Door in the Dead of Night 皮打虎：我娘死后三年，深夜来敲我家门 Leather Tiger: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Came Knocking at My Door Late at Night 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Part-Time Underworld Constable: A Taoist Priest Investigates Murders in the City 阴差兼职：贫道在都市查凶 A lazy, penny-pinching, down-and-out Taoist is forced to work off his debts as a part-time underworld officer! A reclusive old man dies mysteriously, ghostly passengers haunt the midnight subway, and vengeful spirits from cold cases return. The entire city turns out to be a giant formation for a fiend to refine evil spirits! Police captain: There are no ghosts or gods in this world! → I take it all back! Master Chen, save me! Black Impermanence: Slacking off costs you underworld merit; shirking 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Spirit Medium Qing Xuan 出马仙清玄 A strip of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people and horses, the old hall's immortal. Whip the horse down the mountain, and make your name known throughout the land. I was born in 1990 in an ordinary village in a northeastern province. When I was three, a great deity said I would one day take up the incense and become a spirit medium. I didn't believe in fate, but in the end, I did become one. Over the years, I've worked as a chef, served as a leader, and entered the 1.1kReads7.2Score10314d adds
- 135 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 302Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Frightening Folk Tales of Ghosts and Monsters 民间吓人的鬼怪故事 This book collects folk tales about ghosts and monsters from China and around the world, both ancient and modern. They include deeply moving love stories, myths where good and evil are repaid in kind, and eerie tales that will leave you trembling with fear. We hope you enjoy them. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Rule Horror: Buried Alive as a Sacrifice from the Start 规则怪谈：开局被当祭品活埋 [Mystery] [Horror] [Deduction] [Infinite Flow] After failing a job interview, Chen Lingyun was heading home when an out-of-control semi-truck unexpectedly struck her, sending her transmigrating into a coffin that was about to be buried. “Drive faster, or we’ll miss the hour. Those things can’t wait much longer.” 173Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Forging My Path to Immortality 锤定仙途 Gu Yang, a boy from a small town, witnesses the aftermath of a fierce battle between immortals destroy his home, and resolves to seek immortality. His father has him spend three years at the forge to hone his skills, secretly teaching him the Thousand-Layer Hammer technique and the foundations of body refinement. At twelve, he sets out on the path to find immortals, carrying an iron hammer and the jade pendant his mother gave him. From the free cultivators' market in the Cangwu Mountains to the 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Unraveling the Strange: Surviving the Second Case 诡事探秘逢生二 An abandoned mining town, missing residents, and dense fog that traps souls. A four-person ghost-hunting team ventures into the forbidden zone to uncover a shocking mystery from 2015. When the truth comes to light, whose spirit has been waiting? A suspenseful thriller that will keep you awake tonight. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Calling Spirits in the Ruined House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from a Building, and a Shadow in White Came After Him 荒坯房叫魂：7岁小弟莫名坠楼，白衣黑影缠上了他 A Spirit-Calling Ritual in a Derelict House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from the Building, and a Shadow in White Is Haunting Him 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Reborn Daoist: I Sweep the City Clean by Catching Ghosts 重生道士：我靠捉鬼横扫都市 [Rebirth + suspense]+ [mysticism and the supernatural]+ [revenge and comeback] In my previous life, I devoted myself to Taoist cultivation, only to be betrayed by my lover and die at the hands of a vengeful ghost. Reborn at twenty, I awaken the memories of a Celestial Master, with Taoist arts powerful enough to reach the heavens! Malevolent spirits in apartment hallways, vengeful ghosts in old houses, urban hauntings, plots from the netherworld... Every evil spirit in the world bows before me! W —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 I Just Want to Be a Slacker, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 我只想当咸鱼，偏偏要我玩惊悚 All I Want Is to Be a Couch Potato, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Hanging Charm 魅巾悬 No romance + fantasy and the supernatural + mild horror + modern-day imaginative premise + episodic plot + feel-good power fantasy Liu Yixian, with a high forehead and a broad, square face, was taken in as an apprentice by Daoist Wu in the twelfth year of his life, setting him on an extraordinary path. A thousand-year-old fox or a century-old ginkgo: which one will win Yixian’s heart? A blood-red sickle stabbed the ghost seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, maybe twenty times. The ghost couldn’t take 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Little Dongbei 小东北 Nature has yin and yang, and society has good and evil. An imbalance between yin and yang brings chaos, but so does drawing too sharp a line between good and evil. When righteousness dwells within, evil cannot intrude. When yin is balanced and yang is secure, the spirit is at peace. Your path is yours to choose: follow your nature, let go of judgment, and wisdom will shine. The Dao moves by returning to its source. In a word, avoid extremes and don't make the same mistake twice... 406Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 145 Don't Board the Boat Coming from Upstream 别接江上来的船 Don't Take the Boat Coming from Upstream 15Reads—Score114d adds
- 146 Terrifying Tales 惊魂诡事 Deep, silent alleyways, eerie, terrifying deserted villages, reed marshes choked with weeds... Every scene holds some of my most unforgettable memories! Everything that happens in this book is something I saw or heard myself. You can also read it as a story. Curious about the supernatural tales that have taken place in rural villages and mountain hamlets? Have you ever heard of or seen something that made your hair stand on end? If you find yourself sleepless in the dead of night, put on your he 304Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 147 The Fated Master of Divination and Feng Shui 天命神算风水师 [Supernatural]+ [Feng Shui]+ [Xuanhuan]+ [Mystery]+ [Cultivation]+ [Alternate History]+ [Urban] My name is Li Yi’an, and I’m a feng shui master. I read the land and solve supernatural cases. At eighteen, my master disappeared during a battle. At twenty-three, I officially entered the martial world, protecting the nation’s fate and guarding its dragon veins. At twenty-four, I fought for the Imperial Jade Seal. At twenty-five, I stirred up a storm in Fusang. At twenty-six, I faked my death and sec 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Hundred Family Surnames: Your Surname Hides Your Origins 百家姓：你姓什么就藏着什么来路 The Hundred Family Surnames: Your surname holds the secret to your origins. 40Reads—Score114d adds
- 149 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Hilarious Life of a Rich Girl Married to a Fake Rich Guy 富家女嫁假富公子的搞笑生活 The Hilarious Married Life of a Rich Girl and a Fake Rich Heir 11Reads—Score—14d adds
