Please Recommend Ghost-Hunting and Metaphysics Novels. I've Been into This Genre Lately 求捉鬼，玄学，最近爱看这一类

1. 251 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: Even I, the City God, Have Awakened 灵气复苏，身为城隍的我也复苏了 Sulking Under the Covers被窝里生闷气Urban548k WordsOngoing Demon lairs opened, and spiritual qi revival began. The nations could barely keep things under control and had no power to wipe out the monsters and demons! Gradually, however, they realized something was wrong. China, the region hardest hit by the demon lairs, had not only escaped their attacks, but had also turned the tide and utterly routed them. It was all because Chu Yuan had awakened. After investigating again and again, they discovered a file classified as top secret. File designation 001 701Reads8.0Score106Shelves

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   Here you go. It's a new book with fewer chapters, but the author's updates are currently stable. I don't look at ratings when recommending books; if you don't like it after reading, come to the comments section to debate the plot.

2. 252 惊 Sleepless 惊眠 Zhang Layue张腊月Mystery193k WordsCompleted An imperial edict brings to light a secret treasure buried for a thousand years, and a mysterious sect stirs up a storm across the north and south. A mysterious tomb-raiding sect, invincible Embroidered Envoys, and fearsome grave robbers alongside the Tiangang and Disha. A young man returned from overseas plunges into the fray like a dragon diving into the sea, throwing the north and south into turmoil. Does the Yuan Emperor’s treasure really exist, or is it a legend spread to deceive the world? 4.6kReads9.5Score548Shelves
3. 253 我 My Years Restoring Artifacts at the Palace Museum 我在故宫修文物的那些年 Once Asked曾问Mystery435k WordsCompleted An ancient bell rings before dawn. What people call gods and ghosts can sometimes be right before our eyes, for the things we see are often the best at deceiving us. A melody rings out, separating yin from yang. We glimpse dreams sealed away in the river of a thousand years of history, transmigrate through ancient tombs and old houses, and uncover secrets whose true faces have long been hidden. Heaven gave us eyes so we would see only the light we are allowed to see, forgetting that the darkness 32Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 254 上 I Went to the Wrong Grave and Mistook a Female Ghost for One of My Own 上错坟，不小心把女鬼当成自己人 I'm Drifting Deep in the Sea我在深飘飘Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [One female lead, the male lead isn't invincible, not a wish-fulfillment story, supernatural, metaphysics. If it's not your cup of tea, please don't flame. This story is entirely fictional. The leads practice both Buddhism and Taoism. If you're the type to nitpick, read with caution!] “Year after year, I come to pay respects to my ancestors, yet year after year I'm still stuck working. I'm not happy over here, and you might be going hungry over there. Bless your grandson with a prosperous year, 18.9kReads9.2Score2kShelves
5. 255 嫁 Marrying the Second Young Master in a Wheelchair: The Metaphysics Expert's Secret Identity Is Stunning 嫁坐轮椅二爷，玄学大佬马甲飒爆 Su Su Rabbit苏苏兔Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted [Mystical fortune-telling + episodic ghost-catching wish fulfillment, real and fake heiresses, metaphysics expert Song Xinglan x wheelchair-bound disabled tycoon Fu Jin, 1v1, sweet wish fulfillment, doting on her husband + fortune-telling livestreams, adored by everyone, the heroine has a unique ability to communicate with all things in heaven and earth, and when she kisses the hero, little orchids bloom on her ears.] Blurb: In her previous life, Song Xinglan was a little orchid Fu Jin cherished 260Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   I've finished both of them, but I'd recommend the second one more because it focuses more on ghost hunting, and I absolutely love the male and female leads' character setup (see the synopsis for details, I've forgotten them since I finished reading them a long time ago, but that doesn't stop it from being super good (♥∀♥)).

6. 256 飞 After Failing to Ascend, I Livestream Fortune-Telling and Leave My Clients Depressed 飞升失败后，直播算命客户抑郁了 Little Witch小巫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No male lead] + [Mysticism] + [Absurd comedy] + [Cultivation] She was one step away from ascending when she was struck dead by heavenly lightning. Was it the mercilessness of the Heavenly Dao, or was she just a terrible person? After taking stock of what happened, Xia Qingzhu decides to accumulate merit properly. Day one of fortune-telling: She gets a streamer who steals electric scooters sentenced to death. Day two: A seller of rock candy gets sentenced to eleven months. Day three: Someone ste 20.4kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
7. 257 俗 A Rogue of the Mortal World 俗世妖人 Namo Kasaya Science Buddha南无袈裟理科佛Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted Xiu Xu from Bazhong is in the mountain city, where he owns an offline murder mystery game shop. He was once a top-tier Werewolf player, comes from a family of feng shui masters, and is suffering from end-stage pancreatic cancer. When his grandfather died, he left behind a peerless beauty with no sign of life. To stay alive, Xiu Xu had no choice but to bring his whole family along, leading a group of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled relatives as they punched their way through the South Heaven Ga 6.8kReads8.7Score666Shelves
8. 258 坐 Seated Immortal 坐仙 Herding Horses on the Southern Mountain a牧马南山aMystery431k WordsOngoing [Urban Supernatural] [Multiple Heroines] My name is Lin Xi. After an accident, I unexpectedly return to the year 2000, just after a car crash, and discover that I’ve gained yin-yang eyes. I can see souls and the spirits of the dead. When a spirit possesses someone, I can communicate with the deceased’s friends and family. The practice goes by different names in different places, and is also known as spirit invocation or spirit mediumship... From then on, I walk between the worlds of the living a 3Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   Ghost hunting, metaphysics. Do you believe in the existence of the soul? This book provides the answer. Lin Xi returns to 2000, gains the ability to see ghosts, and travels between the realms of the living and the dead…

9. 259 红 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 50kReads9.7Score11.9kShelves
10. 260 配 A Match Made in the Underworld 配阴对 Yan Zhen颜祯Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted To keep me alive, my grandfather dug up the corpse of a woman from the late Qing dynasty in the middle of the night. After that, I discovered I could see ghosts... 97Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 借 Borrowed Corpse, Stolen Life 借尸命 Meng Xiaonai萌小乃Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing When a plague swept through my mother’s village, she was the only one who escaped alive and made it to Chen Village. My mother was graceful and beautiful, but after arriving in the village, she went mad. There’s something wrong with this village. Every night, we hear strange noises. My father’s name is Chen Jiu, and mine is Chen Lintian. I suspect he isn’t my real father... 1.8kReads9.0Score130Shelves
12. 262 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.4kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves

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    These two books are absolutely fantastic! ① The author's true ghost-hunting memories are chilling; despite the lack of explicit suspense, they're genuinely terrifying. ② It's about a department that investigates paranormal events, featuring beings who have lived for hundreds or even thousands of years, and the intelligent and charismatic Sun Pangzi. The characters are vivid and unique, making it a super engaging read. It's part of a series with several more books; I've read three so far. Highly recommended!!!

13. 263 镇 Suppressing the Dragon 镇龙 Ninth Young Master of the Daoist Sect道门九公子Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted For one person, he dug up an ancient grave, broke into a dragon's tomb, and wielded the Yang Sword to slay yin spirits! An heir to a family of secret arts, he joins a group of men and women bound together by fate. Together, they travel far and wide, fighting monsters in the mountains, slaying evil in the cities, breaking into the underworld, and robbing ghost messengers... To change our fate, we defy the heavens! 2.5kReads8.8Score532Shelves
14. 264 灵 The Little Exorcist: The Rat Race Starts in Childhood 灵异小天师：内卷从娃开始 Sincere Washbasin诚挚的面盆Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Adorable kid + supernatural + occult arts + ghosts and monsters + no romance + a supernatural novel even timid readers can enjoy + doted-on darling] Li Niuniu is adopted by a fortune-teller who swindles people and his rich wife. They think she's an ordinary little girl, but she opens her mouth and asks to eat ghosts, scaring the ghosts half to death. When her parents aren't looking, she finally gets to lick one. Brr, it's so spicy! On her first day of school, she skips class and follows some gr 1.6kReads9.1Score231Shelves

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    It's so beautiful!

15. 265 捉 I’m Tough on Ghosts and Diligent in My Studies 捉鬼不手软，学习也不马虎 The Snow Melts at Dawn朝雪初融Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + Supernatural + Fortune-Telling + Ghost Hunting + Master and Disciple + No Romance] Jiang Wenxi is the ninth junior sister, adored by everyone in her sect. Her master, senior brothers and sisters all dote on her, and her junior brother protects her too. But when danger strikes, her tribulation arrives. Luckily, her master has already prepared a way to handle it, though things don't go quite as planned. Fan Chengya is an unremarkable student who dies after accidentally hitting h 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a fantasy novel. [Note] The female lead grows stronger (very powerful later on), has an impressive background, is skilled in divination and fortune-telling, and is adept at catching ghosts and fighting magic. It's a good read! [Kiss emoji]

16. 266 一 Taoist Master Yilong 一龙道人 The Lights Are Off, Time to Sleep开灯关灯睡觉了Urban131k WordsOngoing How did an ordinary boy from the countryside end up on the path of a Taoist priest? What are the untold stories behind his battles of wits and strength against demons and monsters? Just because you’ve never seen these supernatural beings doesn’t mean they don’t exist. In the rapidly advancing, high-tech twenty-first century, Taoist priests who possess the legendary, mysterious arts of the Dao may seem far removed from your life. But that’s not the case: they have simply found different ways to b 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you enjoy supernatural novels, especially those set in modern cities and with a humorous tone, this is the perfect choice. Don't hesitate, leave your comments below!

17. 267 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 4.5kReads—Score304Shelves

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    It looks good, it's very good, and it's interesting.

18. 268 假 The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script and Lazily Gives Up 假千金手撕剧本，沙雕摆烂躺麻了 Li Yaoyao梨窈窈Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama, The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script, is now streaming [Showbiz + absurd humor and memes + everyone’s favorite + wild imagination + gossip + going off the rails] Chi Qian failed her tribulation and returned to the real world, only to discover she was the villainous fake heiress in a novel! The plot had already reached the point where the real heiress came back, and Chi Qian was about to be kicked out of the family home. A broken engagement, a wave of online hate, and a grueso 131.6kReads9.6Score14.1kShelves

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    A highly-rated, metaphysical novel that's so captivating you won't want to skip any chapters.

19. 269 校 The Campus Beauty's Dorm Is Haunted, and I Staggered In Drunk to Find Everyone Watching 校花宿舍闹鬼，我醉酒闯入被围观 Supreme Nine至尊九Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Mo Yun transmigrated to a world of the supernatural and inherited the legacy of the Wine Sword Immortal. The more he drank, the stronger he became! From the start, he drunkenly barged into the women’s dormitory, took over the bed of campus beauty Li Piaopiao, and fell asleep with her as his body pillow... [After one hangover, receive ten years of Daoist cultivation] [Encounter a ghost for the first time, receive a Chaos Dao Body] Before Mo Yun arrived, the girls in the dorm had been playing with 388Reads8.8Score101Shelves
20. 270 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
21. 271 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 148.7kReads9.7Score13.6kShelves

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    This book is great! [Kissing emoji]

22. 272 纹 A Tattoo of Nine Dragons Hauling a Coffin: From the Start, I Fight a Red-Clad Female Ghost 纹身九龙拉棺，开局硬刚红衣女鬼 Jiangnan Dog King江南狗王Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Supernatural]+ [Horror Revival]+ [Comedy]+ [Superpowers] Qin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world where demons and monsters are returning, only to find himself targeted by an evil spirit. Unable to awaken Superpowers, he decides to fight back by getting a terrifying tattoo! He has the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin tattooed across his back, with Nezha sitting on the dragon's head and pulling out its tendons, an open-eyed Guan Yu lying in the coffin, a muscular Tang Monk sitting on top, and Bla 484Reads9.2Score130Shelves
23. 273 神 Reborn as a Master Fortune-Teller: The Young Madam Just Wants to Take It Easy 神算重生：少夫人只想当咸鱼 Cheng Jingzhi程璟知Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Modern romance, imaginative fantasy, goofy comedy, sweet pampering] The powerful, ascetic young marshal of Shunyuan City has actually married a little beggar who claims to be a fortune-teller. Everyone says his wife is ugly. The young marshal looks at the ragged, bruised little beggar before him and says, "Enough chatter. You're ugly, you don't fight over things, you don't pick fights, and you can take a beating. You don't look very smart, either. Fine, that's good enough. I'll take you!" But o 970Reads9.2Score171Shelves

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    Updating, set in the Republican era, featuring a charlatan; super good!

24. 274 奶 The Darling Uses the Book of Life and Death, and Her Secret Identity Is Exposed 奶团靠生死簿，团宠掉马甲 Tao Nianwei桃念薇Modern Romance420k WordsCompleted Adorable baby + fierce little tyke + ghost hunting + mysticism + lucky little koi + fortune-telling genius + strong heroine Daddy croaked. With the Book of Life and Death in her hands, the little one defies fate to save him. As she lives it up, one nephew after another comes eagerly begging her to help him turn his life around. “My little auntie never hits back or talks back. She's soft and sweet, and just the right size to squish.” With a flick of her cinnabar brush, the little treasure sends g 105Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    This one is also very beautiful.

25. 275 国 The Nation’s Fortune Depends on How Wild Sister Yan Gets! 国运强不强，全看宴姐浪不浪！ Jiang Zhu江竹Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Power Couple + Pure Love + Mysticism + Sweet Female-Focused Romance] Jun Yan never imagined that before she could leave seclusion, someone would dig up her grave! Chu Jinghong never imagined that while filming a tomb-raiding scene, he'd dig up the wrong tomb! Fine, he dug up the wrong tomb, but why is the person in this coffin so fierce?! Moonlight shimmers, cold winds howl, tree shadows sway, and their eyes meet. Furious, Jun Yan summons lightning with a wave of her hand, ready to strike down 3.6kReads9.2Score500Shelves

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    They're all fantasy-themed, all have romantic pairings, and the third and fourth female leads are babies.

26. 276 阎 The King of Hell’s Little One and an Unlucky Top-Tier Star Go Viral on a Parenting Show 阎王崽崽和倒霉顶流在娃综爆红了 Mu Yao'er木幺儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + face-slapping and putting villains in their place + a “delicate,” helplessly unlucky top-tier star × a powerhouse toddler who can uproot a willow tree] The little King of Hell had only just been reborn as a human baby when her own mother abandoned her in the mountains before she was even a month old. She was raised at Xuanzhen Temple for three years. The temple, once visibly thriving with incense and offerings, gradually fell into decline. Finally, unable to bear the burde 11.4kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
27. 277 团 The Three-Year-Old Lucky Charm Everyone Adores 团宠小锦鲤三岁半 Xiao yasmola小yasmolaModern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [This novel has been adapted into a comic, available on Tomato!] [Obsessive love + adored by all + sweet romance + lucky little koi + mysticism] The wealthy Su family had waited decades for a little girl, and finally, she arrived. But the baby girl went missing right after she was born, driving the entire Su family mad with worry. After enduring countless hardships, the Su family finally found their little darling. There stood their three-and-a-half-year-old girl, holding a talisman in her left 6.9kReads9.5Score1kShelves
28. 278 茅 The Maoshan Occultist 茅山诡术师 Floating Pagoda on the Other Shore彼岸浮屠Mystery4.4M WordsCompleted My name is Fang Gang. I was stolen the moment I was born. From then on, my life unfolded into an epic tale, as turbulent as it was mysterious. 397Reads8.6Score106Shelves

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    There's definitely one that will amaze you; I've watched many of them twice already and they're still pretty good. [Heart][Heart][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

29. 279 我 I Have Yin-Yang Eyes 我有一双阴阳眼 Ao Xiao Wu傲小五Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Born with yin-yang eyes, Su Mingye was frail and sickly as a child, easily assailed by ghosts. When he was fifteen, the seal on his yin-yang eyes broke, and a hundred ghosts surrounded his home to steal them. With his life hanging by a thread, he was saved by a practitioner of yin-yang arts. He later became the practitioner’s disciple, learning the arts to protect himself. With his yin-yang eyes open, he can discern the worlds of yin and yang, destroy evil spirits, recognize demons and monsters 114Reads8.2Score—Shelves
30. 280 九 Uncle Nine: I Copy Traits, and Ren Tingting Begs Me in Tears to Marry Her 九叔，复制词条任婷婷哭着求嫁 The Three Elbows of Old Wu, I Say我说老乌的三肘候Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Zombie manipulation, humorous traits, recruiting disciples across film and TV worlds] Lin Fan transmigrates to Renjia Town, becomes Uncle Ninth’s disciple, and awakens the Trait Copying System. He can even combine traits without limit! Five Thunder Spell (Gold), Qimen Dunjia (Red), Zhong Kui Possession (Rainbow) Chrysanthemum Corpse Cultivation (Purple), Corpse King’s Tyrant Body (Red), Soul-Reaping Buddhist Chant (Red) Maoshan Corpse Driving (Purple), Sword Control Through Qi (Supreme), Indest 12.2kReads7.3Score852Shelves

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    No matter how beautiful the ghosts or how powerful the zombies, Uncle Nine will take them all.

31. 281 玄 The Mystic Girl Says You’ll Die at Three in the Morning. Pay Up to Change Your Fate 玄学少女说你三更死，打钱改命 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + ghost-catching + satisfying read + lighthearted + sweet romance + CEO + wealthy family + no angst] After enduring a tribulation, Wu Yin is struck by lightning and sent back to the twenty-first century. With no money to her name, she can only set up a fortune-telling stall online. She tells fortunes, catches ghosts, and treats illnesses. If you can pay, she’ll take the job. “Master, if you’re really any good, tell me where my daughter, who was kidnapped years ago, 59kReads9.4Score31.1kShelves

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    The first two of these three books are already finished, and the ending of the last one has been released. The first book has no romantic subplot; the female lead transmigrates into the body of a woman with the same name, Ji He, after failing her tribulation. She's immediately kicked out of the Ji family and then owes them breach of contract fees. Forced to start live-streaming fortune-telling to earn money to pay off the fees… The latter two books are more romance-oriented.

32. 282 半 Half a Step into the Mortal World 半步人间 South of the Tang南半唐Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Ever since Di Xin, humanity has had no more emperors, but a mysterious and inscrutable pawnshop called the Fusheng Pawnshop has appeared. They say that as long as you're willing to pay the price, the Fusheng Pawnshop can grant any request. However, the Fusheng Pawnshop suddenly vanished twenty years ago, leaving behind only the Nine Spirit Fields, where all things are nurtured. A useless young master who should have been dead for twenty years suddenly returns to his family. He begins planting sp 1.6kReads7.7Score125Shelves
33. 283 灵 Tales of the Supernatural 灵异怪谈 Wu Jiu巫九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Yin-yang masters are fated to suffer the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies. Is there any way to escape their fate? A life-and-death romance with a bloodthirsty vampire zombie! After desperately searching for the Strange Records of Yin and Yang, he discovers it is all part of an even bigger conspiracy! The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, bloodthirsty vampire zombies, an inn in the underworld, an ancient Warring States tomb, and the Strange Records of Yin and Yang all feature in Strange Tales of the S 1.6kReads8.8Score137Shelves
34. 284 扶 Take Back Your First Love? The Metaphysical Matriarch Kills Her Husband as an Offering to Heaven 扶正白月光？玄学主母杀夫祭天 Green Robe, Just So青衣如许Ancient Romance748k WordsOngoing [Mystical arts + doting on a concubine and neglecting the wife + two strong leads + satisfying face-slapping] Shen Qiongzhi, descended from celestial masters, willingly marries into the Marquis of Gu’s household and serves as the center of a formation to suppress evil spirits. But two years later, when her husband returns from war, he brings a noblewoman with him and demands that his wife be demoted to concubine. “Qingqing and I are truly in love. You and I only married because our parents arran 35Reads8.2Score—Shelves
35. 285 我 I Came from Hell 我自地狱来 I Love Croissants我爱牛角包Urban2.1M WordsCompleted The Hell King returns, reborn! Back from the dead, he’ll settle every score and right every wrong. In a world where the weak can only be bullied, he rises to power like a vengeful demon. Awake, he wields a sword that takes lives; drunk, he rests his head on a beauty’s lap. Enemies must kneel! Beauties must lie down! I am the devil, with gods as my slaves and immortals as my servants! Don’t like it? Then I’ll kill you until you do! 3.6kReads8.9Score658Shelves
36. 286 玄 The Metaphysical Heiress Comes Down the Mountain, and the Cold Military Officer Regrets It 玄学真千金下山，高冷军官后悔了 Lotus Root Starch藕粉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period setting + metaphysics + everyday family life + light supernatural elements + native heroine [After coming down from the mountain, she makes a fortune through metaphysics, but her biological brothers and fiancé collectively lose it?] When Fu Shaoting heard that his “little nun” fiancée, who had gone missing at the age of three, was coming down from the mountain, the upright and principled young marshal declared, “We must resolutely reject feudal remnants! An arranged marriage? Break it off 7kReads9.0Score954Shelves

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    Su Xiaoluo, the fiancée of military officer Fu Shaoting, disappeared at the age of three and spent ten years as a nun in a nunnery. After leaving the nunnery, she discovered that her parents and seven brothers were with other girls. She decisively gave up on acknowledging her family and instead used her esoteric arts to solve cases and make money, becoming a sought-after esoteric master in Beijing's elite circles. The Su family sought her help in finding their granddaughter, and the brothers discovered she was actually Fu's nanny and true heiress. Fu Shaoting also recognized his beloved and pursued her, seeking her forgiveness. Watch how this esoteric master handles these people!

37. 287 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Real Heiress with Mystical Powers Shakes Up the Internet 直播算命：玄学真千金炸翻全网 Boom Boom Pig爆爆猪Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Female lead with no romance + episodic stories + face-reading and ghost-catching + folk legends and supernatural mysteries] To accumulate good karma, Jiang Yu comes down from the mountains and starts livestreaming fortune-telling. She runs into a red-clad vengeful ghost from the start? Jiang Yu: “See that peach tree in your yard that was just struck by lightning? It’s fresh lightning-struck wood. Go chop off a branch and stab that bastard to death!” Viewer One: “Streamer, I think a ghost beat m 77.9kReads9.3Score11.9kShelves

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    This book is great! The female lead has strong morals and is very capable. The episodes are exciting, featuring ghosts blocking cars, man-eating locust trees, weasels demanding lives, Southeast Asian black magic, Ouija boards, ghost marriages, borrowing lifespans, and trips to the underworld. It also includes a lot of esoteric knowledge, some thrilling, some heartwarming and funny.

38. 288 九 The 90s-Era Celestial Master 九零后天师 Wangzhe Jianming王者鉴明Urban10.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows the Book of Lu Ban, but few have heard of the Gongshu Manual. The art of creation has been passed down through the generations. A Celestial Master descends into the mortal world, stirring up storms across the land! 4.4kReads8.8Score626Shelves
39. 289 别 Don’t Mess with This Little Demon, She Can Use Magic! 别惹这只魔星，她会法术！ The Still One Of Chang'an静者长安Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Zombies cannot have offspring. If one does, it must be a Demon Star. Ma Qingling's mother came from an exorcist family, but after being bitten by a zombie in an accident, she became one herself. Forced to part from her beloved, she hid alone in the mountains, where she became pregnant and gave birth to Ma Qingling. Later, she died sealing the Gang Cave. With her dying breath, she told Ma Qingling to find her father and say, “I'm sorry” on her behalf. Ma Qingling left the mountains, only to be ki 393Reads—Score109Shelves

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    A modern fantasy novel featuring a female protagonist who is both a demon star and an exorcist, effortlessly catching ghosts and exorcising demons. She's also the darling of her family, doted on by her father, sister, and brother. The writing style is natural and smooth. (Completed)

40. 290 无 The Impermanence Handbook 无常手札 What's Wrong with Ten Stars?十颗星咋了Modern Romance298k WordsCompleted This is an utterly ordinary workday diary. Forced to impersonate an immortal, assist the City God, transferred to serve as a deathless messenger, and travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. It all begins with a fortune-teller’s prophecy... 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's great! The female protagonist's first-person perspective on her real experiences is both funny and professional, treating the readers like family.

41. 291 七 The 1970s: A Big Shot Protects China with Billions of Supplies 七零：大佬携亿万物资守护华夏 Mu Yao'er木幺儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn with a spatial realm + satisfying and sweet + two powerful leads protecting the nation] A lonely old ghost who had drifted through the Spirit Realm for thousands of years suddenly finds herself reborn as a miserable girl in the 1970s. Her father is dead, her mother has run away, and she has a whole family of vicious wolves and tigers to deal with. She takes a terrible hand and turns it into a winning one: catching ghosts, telling fortunes, reading feng shui, making a fortune, and bringin 2.3kReads9.3Score270Shelves

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    These movies are all worth watching; they're very good.

42. 292 满 The Max-Level Metaphysics Master Shakes the World by Taking Disciples and Telling Fortunes 满级玄学大佬靠收徒算命轰动世界 Mu Fufeng木抚风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Metaphysics + Fortune-Telling + Ghost-Hunting + Satisfying Read + Absurd Comedy] Cultivation powerhouse Mu Shi is struck dead by a bolt of lightning and reborn in another world. Unfortunately, the original owner was an idiot with not a single coin to her name. No problem! She sets up a fortune-telling stall on the overpass and makes her way to the pinnacle of life. “Master, tell me when my girlfriend and I will get married.” Mu Shi: “Young man, it looks like you’ve been cheated on. 4.3kReads9.3Score639Shelves

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    Fortune telling and ghost hunting, no romantic pairing.

43. 293 阴 A Genius of Yin and Yang 阴阳鬼才 Yu Wen御文Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted A calamity when I was fourteen changed my whole life. Then, at eighteen, I was set firmly on the path of yin and yang, where I mastered top-tier secret arts and went ever farther along the road of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. 1.7kReads8.8Score112Shelves

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    I love watching this too.

44. 294 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
45. 295 半 I Play Rock-Paper-Scissors with the Mirror at Midnight, and I Won't Sleep Until I Win 半夜和镜子猜拳，我赢一把就睡 Mr. Krabs Loves to Eat蟹老板爱吃饭Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The entire Xie family had a rather spooky air about them. His great-great-grandfather was a mountain wanderer, and his great-great-grandmother sewed up corpses. His great-grandfather was a Maoshan Taoist, and his great-grandmother was a spirit medium from Fengtian. His grandfather made paper offerings, his grandmother prepared bodies for burial, his father drove corpses, and his mother raised poison insects. Some of his ancestors even liked to dig themselves out of their graves… As a result, X 6.2kReads9.0Score559Shelves

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    This bag is nice, give it a try!

46. 296 玄 The Young Master of the Mystic Sect Wins Hearts in a Period Novel 玄门少主在年代文里蛊惑人心 Eating Beans and Staying Awake吃豆豆不睡觉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Book transmigration + space + farming + satisfying wish fulfillment + sweet romance] The young leader of a mystic sect from the twenty-first century accidentally transmigrates into a period novel, becoming a minor character who gets bitten to death by a wild boar right from the start. As for the heroine, whose white-lotus act practically radiates from her, Hua Jiaojiao refuses to accept it. Since she has to live through this era anyway, why not put her little hands, skilled at drawing talismans 5.3kReads8.9Score439Shelves
47. 297 活 Living Witness to the Strange 活见异闻 A Qi阿七Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Grandpa had seen a ghost for himself. In the dead of night, he went behind the villagers’ backs to dig up a dead woman’s grave, and even stripped off her... 41Reads6.5Score—Shelves
48. 298 病 The Sickly Young Marshal's Wife Is a Fierce Goddess of War, So Don't Mess with Her 病娇少帅的护国战神娇妻很凶勿惹 Yao Minxi瑶皿夕Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + Strong female lead + Transmigration + Devoted couple with no past lovers + Happy ending + Wife-spoiling + Multiple couples] After transmigrating to the Republic of China era, Qin Wan goes from being a military doctor for hire in the twenty-first century to Qin Wanwan, the famously foolish girl of Yancheng. To avoid being branded a monster, she has to keep pretending to be foolish. But there's always someone foolish enough to think she's really stupid and try to frame her. Once 2.7kReads9.2Score561Shelves
49. 299 民 Tales of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌杂谈 Su Wan苏皖Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A pig butcher never slaughters a pig with five toes. The village guardian never guards a village with a temple. A feng shui master never selects a lair of an evil dragon. A midwife must wash her hands in rooster’s blood. There are three hundred and sixty trades in the world, and every one has its rules. Are these ancient, mysterious rules really nothing more than empty formalities? If I told you that some rules must never be broken, because breaking them means death, would you believe me? 9kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
50. 300 午 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师：人回避，鬼上前 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 35.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves

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