After the Founding of the Nation, I Became a Spirit: Catching Ghosts Is My Duty, and I’m Good at It

Strong female lead, no romance, ghost hunting, with a mildly supernatural variety show. Please don’t take it as reality. The heroine doesn’t grow stronger over time: she inherits the memories of the demon clan, giving her a cheat, and is powerful from beginning to end. There’s no angst. As one of the demons who slipped through the cracks of the rule that no one could become a spirit after the founding of the country, newborn demon Shi Jia leapt into Qiongqi’s pocket with a thunderous force. “Boss, are we really okay sneaking into Xiangjiang like this?” Shi Jia poked her head out of Taotie’s pocket, trying to be discreet. A finger pushed her right back in. …Well, that made it sound like they really weren’t okay. To return to mainland China and escape the awkwardness of being an undocumented demon, Shi Jia takes on a series of high-energy jobs: testing haunted houses as an overnight guest, appearing on supernatural variety shows, and hunting ghosts while cosplaying. She’s determined to collect more faith and affection points so she can return to her homeland. But when Shi Jia enters show business, she discovers just how true the saying “People’s hearts are scarier than ghosts” really is. Every few years, there’s a strange party where celebrities inexplicably take their own lives; a concert that brings days of bad luck to anyone who hears it; a top-tier star whose assistants are treated as disposable; and an actor who loses his wife whenever his career takes off and his fortune grows… As Shi Jia digs deeper, the glamorous garden hidden beneath a veil of adoring fans reveals a mountain of corpses and a river of blood…