★ From the creator of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and pioneer of the tomb-raiding fiction genre, Tianxia Bachang shares a collection of bizarre tales drawn from his own experiences: "This is not fiction—seven parts truth, three parts legend."
★ Sales have surpassed 1 million copies. Film and premium web series adaptations are currently in development.
★ A collection of 20 short horror stories featuring unbelievable folk events, blending modern settings with classical supernatural elements.
★ Features familiar characters from the author's universe, including Guo Deyou from "River God" and a supernatural neighbor reborn as a household deity.

From the zombies lurking beneath the Ziya River bridge to the author's own supernatural neighbor—a household deity reborn as a monster—this collection presents twenty chilling and unbelievable folk tales accumulated over ten years.
The stories span a wide range of eerie encounters: from rats fleeing a haunted temple to a village of the living dead at the bottom of a sinkhole. Each tale is designed to send shivers down the reader's spine.

The collection includes terrifying accounts of haunted mansions, secret stories from the Forbidden City, an ancient dragon in a blood pool, divine insects revealing themselves, and a headless body mystery at a ghost market.
The content weaves together feng shui, fortune, Nuo religion culture, eccentric characters, and bizarre events. It seamlessly blends suspenseful adventure, historical anecdotes, mountain wilderness secrets, and folk customs into a thrilling feast of horror tales.

Tianxia Bachang

A bestselling Chinese author whose "Ghost Blows Out the Light" (Gui Chui Deng) series became a cultural phenomenon across the Chinese-speaking world. His writing fuses Eastern mystical culture with global pop culture, focusing on human thought and action in the face of the unknown. His humorous, concise language and rich incorporation of folk culture elements have constructed an entirely unique literary world.
His major works include "Ghost Blows Out the Light," "Lost in the Kunlun Ruins," "The Touch of Gold," "River God," "The Underground World," and "The Pit Hunters."

Chapter One: The Zombie Within the Bridge's Embrace
Chapter Two: The company Haunted by Shadows
Chapter Three: My Odd Neighbor: Vajrapani Temple's Tale (Part 1)
Chapter Four: My Odd Neighbor's Ghostly Secret (Part 2: The Dead's Specter)
Chapter Five: Cousin's Trove: A Treasure Unearthed
Chapter Six: A Ghostly Companion Brought Home
Chapter Seven: The Sacred Insect Enshrined at Maotou Niang Temple
Chapter Eight: Ghosts of the Imperial Palace Wall and Coal Hill's Shadows
Chapter Nine: The Headless Horror of the Ghost Market's Case
Chapter Ten: The Hidden Palace Beneath Yangzhou's Surface
Chapter Eleven: South Taihang's Bloody Pool Village
Chapter Twelve: The macabre Tales of Caishikou Execution Ground
Chapter Thirteen: The Putrid Mystery Unveiled
Chapter Fourteen: The Wolf Calamity of the Northern Wilderness
Chapter Fifteen: The Headless Specter in the Tube House
Chapter Sixteen: The Mayhem at the Stone General's Mansion
Chapter Seventeen: Morgue's Encrypted Stories
Chapter Eighteen: The Moonlit Heist of Dongfei's Tomb
Chapter Nineteen: Master Cui's Battle with the Demons
Chapter Twenty: The Blood-Soaked Bill
Epilogue: The Veil Lifted