I’m Obsessed with Ghosts! Any Recommendations for Ghost-Hunting Novels? 👻 迷上了鬼，有没有捉鬼👻的小说推啊！！

1. 851 倭 Ghosts Haunt Japan's Yasukuni Shrine, So I Go Live and Torture Them All in Public 倭国神厕闹鬼，我反手开直播当众折磨万鬼 Waiting for the Peak to Come等峰来10k WordsCompleted Ghosts Haunt the Japanese Yasukuni Shrine, So I Start a Livestream and Torture Them in Front of Everyone 7Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 852 诡 The Eerie Case Coroner 诡案女仵作 Qie Qie Isn't Sleepy茄茄不困Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A lazy salted-fish coroner who just wants to lie flat VS a workaholic commander who knows nothing about romance. They crack bizarre cases and fall in love over time. As religious sects rise to prominence, people commit murder in the name of gods and ghosts, and strange cases erupt throughout the Great Qing Dynasty. After dying from overwork, forensic pathologist Jiang Ning joins the Yuning Guard, an organization of imperial investigators, hoping to lie flat and coast along as a low-ranking nobod 1.7kReads9.2Score226Shelves

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   These are all shows I've been watching recently. The plots are good, the logic is sound, and they don't drag on.

3. 853 赛 Cyber Daoist Venerable: Descendant of Longhu Mountain Purges the Myanmar North Killing Fields 赛博道尊：龙虎山遗脉肃清缅北修罗场 Waiting for the Peak to Come等峰来10k WordsCompleted Cyber Daoist Venerable: The Descendants of Mount Longhu Clean Up the Burmese Underworld’s Hellscape 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 854 神 A Deity Borrowed Me for Two Days 神仙借我当两天 Huang Sangou黄三狗Mystery324k WordsOngoing When “what if” and “should” take human form, the heavens and earth change color. I’m both a Buddhist monk and a Taoist priest, and I take sleaziness and loserhood to the extreme. In this modern city, how am I supposed to protect everyone? Exorcising ghosts at an ice rink, a ghostly monk in a temple, spirit mediums in the Northeast, fighting zombies and battling evil spirits. But the most terrifying thing of all is the human heart! Here, you’ll see anything you can imagine, anything you long for 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Same style as the Yin Yang Master

5. 855 没 In a World Without the Underworld, Even a Ghost Constable Can Become the King of Hell 没有地府的世界，鬼差也能当阎王 July Clear Skies七月清阳Urban115k WordsOngoing The ghost officer Shen Nan transmigrated to a parallel world with no underworld. This world is thick with yin energy and filled with countless spirits. No System after transmigrating? No problem. The ghost officer cultivation art I came with lets me devour yin objects to improve my cultivation. That’s my built-in golden finger! Wronged souls and vengeful ghosts? I’ll deliver them to peace! The order of reincarnation? I’ll create it! From now on, my rules are the rules! With no underworld, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a good one.

6. 856 离 Unbelievable! The Soul Reaper Calls Her Granny?! 离谱！勾魂使者见了她叫祖宗？！ Lantern in the Snowy Night雪夜提灯Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Also known as “Ridiculous! The Soul-Guide Calls Her Ancestor?!” and “A Plain White Lantern in Hand, Guiding the Ten Thousand Ghosts of the World”) [The heroine is no helpless flower + the hero isn't really a playboy] Twelve years ago, at the words of the Great Qing nation's Imperial Preceptor, the imperial army marched south and wiped out the “remnants of the foreign enemy” hiding deep in the mountains. Twelve years later, a woman carrying a plain white lantern strolled out of the forest and m 5.1kReads9.1Score724Shelves
7. 857 我 I Read People's Fortunes 我是一个看事的 Xuan Xiao Hermit玄枵居士Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (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 11Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 858 桃 A Peachwood Sword Becomes a Selfie Stick: A Daoist Comes Down the Mountain to Take Orders 桃木剑改自拍杆，道士下山忙接单 Waiting for the Peak to Come等峰来14k WordsCompleted A Peachwood Sword Becomes a Selfie Stick: A Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain to Take Bookings 3Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 859 我 I Keep My Dormmates Fed by Catching Ghosts 我靠捉鬼养活全宿舍 Beautiful and Full of Fury人美有戾气Mystery44k WordsOngoing Do you believe there are ghosts in the world? The truth is, they're everywhere. "Don't look back. Now, slowly count to three. One. It's behind you. Two. It's in your breath. Three... It knows you can see it now. And now it's coming for you!!! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Welcome to the pit!

10. 860 东 Thirty Years of Strange Tales from the Northeast 东北异事三十年 Fang Sheng方生Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Forty years ago, the old man ventured into Ghost Mountain at night and negotiated with the ghosts, winning Dongshan Village forty years of peace. Forty years later, a lone grave has thrown the whole village into chaos. A tragedy from forty years ago has claimed nearly a hundred innocent lives! What started it all? Why has a corpse's white hair turned black, and what is the red-clad female ghost trying to point to when she appears at midnight? 173Reads7.3Score—Shelves
11. 861 是 Is This the Funeral Parlor? 是那间丧葬店吗？ Pan-Fried Beef Bun生煎牛肉包Mystery141k WordsCompleted A funeral goods shop that looks completely out of place has suddenly opened on a bustling shopping street. It keeps its doors shut during the day and opens for business by night. Qi Shiwu, born at an hour of yin, accidentally becomes a shop assistant. What connection could she have to this place? Follow Shiwu as she opens the shop’s doors! “Shh! A customer’s here!” 88Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 862 全 Viral Across the Internet! Daoist Expo Priest Vs. Chanting Monk: Ghost Hunting Is All About Putting on a Show 《全网爆红！道博道士VS喊麦和尚，捉鬼全靠整活》 Waiting for the Peak to Come等峰来11k WordsCompleted The Whole Internet Is Going Wild! Daoist Broadcaster vs. Chanting Monk: Ghostbusting Through Shenanigans 2Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 863 遗 Records of Artifact Containment 遗物收容志 Sister Ye Yan夜燕姐Mystery331k WordsCompleted Shen You runs an antique shop on the verge of bankruptcy. On the surface, he sells old things; in truth, he deals with “cursed objects.” A carved wooden comb arrives mysteriously in the mail. The instant he touches it, he sees the horrific scene of a woman having her head shaved in public a hundred years ago. Late that night, as if sleepwalking, he picks up the comb and begins to comb his own hair. With every stroke of its teeth, a strand of real hair comes away, while a tearing pain spreads acr 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's amazing, come and check it out!

14. 864 我 I Work as a Test Sleeper in a Haunted House 我在凶宅当试睡员 How Can I Sleep Tonight?夜怎眠Mystery429k WordsCompleted [Supernatural horror only, one female lead (though I personally think there's no female lead), rule-based horror] There's a residential complex where every room contains a rule, and every rule represents a vengeful ghost. Never break the rules, because the ghosts will kill you. Never trust the rules, because the rules will deceive you. 152Reads8.1Score—Shelves
15. 865 道 A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain + Passionate + Has Brothers + Urban Training + Witty + Wish Fulfillment + Ghost Hunting + Zombie Slaying + Organized Group + Cracking Down on Cultivator Crime + Horror] A hostess at a leisure center is sucking people's blood essence. Get rid of her! People keep jumping into the river? A water ghost is harming people. You still want to help it pass on? It harmed people, so get rid of it! A shoddily built tower is haunted... Huh! The ghost lady has earned mer 5.7kReads9.4Score591Shelves

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    You should check out this book; it contains ghosts, demons, and evil cultivators!

16. 866 杨 Yang Xiaocao's True Ghost Stories 杨小草的见鬼实录 Fish Swimming Upstream at Xiahe Bridge夏河桥逆流的鱼Fantastical Romance199k WordsOngoing A collection of true stories about Yang Xiaocao's encounters with ghosts. They may not be that scary, but they're absolutely true! The story begins when Yang Xiaocao is in middle school. Born with a yin-attracting constitution, she often encounters unclean things. 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I don't hunt ghosts, but I find it quite realistic.

17. 867 玄 The Cyber Daoist's Hidden Canon: A Taoist Recovers Stolen Treasures from the Misty Capital by Remote Control 玄网归藏：赛博道士隔空索回雾都万国赃珍 Waiting for the Peak to Come等峰来9k WordsCompleted The Mysteries of the Profound Web: A Cyber Daoist Reclaims the Stolen Treasures of Wudu’s International Settlements from Afar 4Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 868 出 Tales of a Spirit Medium 出马仙往事 Cloud Road Faraway云路遥Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted “First, invite Hu; second, invite Huang. Third, invite Mang; fourth, invite Chang. Offer incense in the hall, and let all the immortals come forth.” With an entirely yin birth chart, I suddenly became the village's most despised madman when I was eight years old. Ten years later, I recovered from my madness and took charge of the Hu family's altar, one of the five great immortal clans of Northeast China. From then on, the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies followed me everywhere. I thought I had 32.3kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
19. 869 退 After Leaving the Industry, I Became a Hit in Entertainment with Metaphysics 退圈后，我靠玄学爆红娱乐圈 Mango Mash芒果泥泥Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted Strong heroine’s comeback · Xuanxue face-slapping · Celebrity-world battle royale · Supernatural suspense · Two powerful leads saving the world Synopsis: “Jiang Li transmigrates into a scandal-ridden pretty face and is shoved by her manager onto a haunted-house reality show to cash in on the hype. When a female ghost appears in the middle of the night on the livestream, she calmly pulls out her Judge’s Brush: ‘Underworld KPI +1.’ Viewers: ‘That script is so fake! I’ll believe it if you can take 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ghost Hunting Novels in the Entertainment Industry

20. 870 道 The Daoist Descends the Mountain: The Revival of Eerie Energy 道爷下山之诡气复苏 Xuan Mo Zi玄墨紫Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted The uncanny returns, throwing yin and yang out of balance. Ghosts and monsters roam by night, slaughtering people until the human world becomes a living hell. Everyone lives in constant fear. Only I emerge from a mountain Taoist temple. I cultivate the Great Way of Yin and Yang, wield the art of slaying the uncanny, and shatter all illusions and evil spirits. Evil spirits wreaking havoc? I will suppress them with Taoist arts. The uncanny tide spreading? I will cut it down with a single sword. De 9.6kReads8.3Score668Shelves
21. 871 五 Five-Year-Old Cutie Ye Xiaoman: Blows Up the Yin-Yang Realm 五岁萌宝叶小满：炸翻阴阳界 Ling Ling Yao灵灵爻Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing Five-year-old Su Xiaoman was born with yin-yang eyes and destined to be short of money... After her parents are tragically killed, a Daoist priest saves her, takes her in, and teaches her his skills. She eats the mountain temple out of house and home, so her master sends her down the mountain, saying, “Your family is in trouble.” With osmanthus candies in her pocket, she sets off to find her relatives. Gazing at a grand villa, she sobs, “Waaah... I've finally found a meal ticket for life...!” Sh —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come on, come on, ghost hunters, look over here!

22. 872 我 I Scrounge Food and Drink at the Cemetery 我在坟地蹭吃蹭喝 Bao Gungun.包滚滚.Urban1.8M WordsCompleted I'm a cemetery security guard. I love teddy bear cookies, earn ten thousand gold bricks a month, and get rewarded until my hands are full. “Ding! Successfully sent a lecherous ghost off to reincarnate. Reward: permanent +100 luck with romance.” “Ding! Successfully sent a hanged ghost off to reincarnate. Reward: rubber tongue.” “Ding! Successfully sent a water ghost off to reincarnate. Reward: the skill to outrun your underwear.” “Ding! Successfully sent the Ghost King off to reincarnate. Reward: 5.3kReads8.8Score630Shelves

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    The Ghost Reincarnation System series has a fast-paced, fast-paced story that is both exciting and hilarious! The audio narration by Gao Shiliu's team is especially enjoyable, and the husky character is always either getting beaten up or on his way to getting beaten up whenever he appears!

23. 873 神 After the Master Diviner Transmigrated, She Kept Her Fiancé 神算大佬穿越后，包养了未婚夫 Sweet Melon Mo甜瓜默Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics] [Fortune-Telling] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Talisman Arts] Qiao Yi was once a great fortune-teller in the spirit realm. After being hunted by the Four Divine Beasts, she transmigrated into the notorious eldest daughter of the Changping Earl's household in the Great Jin Kingdom, who had even been thrown out of her own home. As soon as she arrived, she was faced with a poisoned maternal grandfather, an uncle with a lame leg, and a cousin with a shattered core and severed meridians 802Reads7.3Score102Shelves

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    You can take a look at this one.

24. 874 开 Starting Out in a Mass Grave, She Builds Her Fortune Catching Ghosts 开局乱葬岗，她靠抓鬼发家致富 Qing Zhu青杼Ancient Romance623k WordsOngoing [Everyone's favorite + no romance + friends growing together + lighthearted] Ye Wan, a gifted young master of the arcane arts, was leisurely running her remodeled escape room when someone framed her and a bolt of heavenly lightning blasted her to smithereens. To protect this last surviving scion, the founding patriarch spent all his accumulated merit shielding her as she transmigrated to another world. When she opened her eyes, she found herself dumped in a mass grave. Luckily, she still had 20Reads8.8Score—Shelves
25. 875 民 A Notebook of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌笔记 Green Pepper and Shrimp青椒肉虾Mystery5.0M WordsOngoing I was born with a pair of snake eyes, and everyone at the forest farm said I was a demon child born of a snake. The night I was born, thunder crashed again and again. The next day, a huge, gold-scaled python was found dead from a lightning strike outside Laolingou. Something was squirming inside its belly. Master Sang sliced open the python with a single stroke and carried out a blood-soaked baby. He named me Lin Shisan. From that moment on, my fate was bound to Master Sang’s for life… 20.1kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
26. 876 枪 My Gunplay Is the Way: I Use an M1911 to Exorcise Ghosts 枪法即道法，我用M1911驱鬼 It's Spicy Hot Pot是麻辣火锅Mystery393k WordsCompleted (Just got a rating) (harem) (urban high martial arts, supernatural mysteries, Taoist priest, multiple heroines, daily life, ghost-hunting with firearms, urban supernatural abilities, SCP-like, no System, solving cases, tomboy, childhood friends, tsundere) “Have you made up your mind?” “I have.” Wu Kui picks up the document and signs his name. “A true hero, and so young!” “No. I just don’t want to be kept in the dark.” To protect Wen Wan, an innocent girl with a rare Yin fate who is repeatedly ta 69Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    🔫Dark Horse of the Year! When the Taoist priest pulls out the M1911, the chemical reaction between traditional Taoist magic and modern firearms is amazing! (Suspense + Crime Solving + SCP-like) Full of twists and turns, it gets more and more addictive the more you watch, you'll regret it if you don't!

27. 877 我 I Don’t Hunt Ghosts, I Save People 我不捉鬼，我只渡人 Tomato-Fried Duck Egg0番茄炒鸭蛋0Mystery766k WordsOngoing [Mostly Slice of Life] [No System] [Feng Shui and Face Reading] [Saving People and Ghosts] [Episodic] [Character Growth] [Not a Mindless Power Fantasy] Ghosts aren’t scary. The human heart is. This is a world with ghosts, but the coldest place isn’t the underworld. It’s the hearts of people in the living world. The male lead walks between the realms of the living and the dead, making his living through feng shui and face reading, guided by his conscience: killing the ghosts that deserve to die, 1.1kReads8.0Score140Shelves
28. 878 我 I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事 Nalan Xi纳兰惜Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment. 4.2kReads8.8Score217Shelves

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    Ghost Stories in Mountain Villages: One Terrifying Story Per Page

29. 879 老 The Old Ancestress Actually Ascended from Another World! 老祖她是飞升过来的！ Xiao Xiao's Fish肖肖的鱼Modern Romance481k WordsCompleted (No CP) Tao Shisan spent thousands of years cultivating, and was just about to become immortal. But when she ascended, she somehow wound up back before Liberation. Not only did she inherit a corpse, she also inherited a mountain of debts left behind by its original owner. Oh, what a hard life this old ancestor has! What? You say this is a rare opportunity, that she transmigrated and it’s a good thing? If it’s such a good thing, whoever wants it can have it. She certainly doesn’t! What a joke. Sh 30.6kReads8.3Score5.4kShelves
30. 880 那 Those Years I Worked Part-Time Down Below 那些年，我在下面兼职的日子 Qi Yi亓宜Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Guiding souls, stories, healing, retribution, one heroine] Ox-Head and Horse-Face: “Hey, kid, how about a 300,000-yuan annual salary for a part-time job in the underworld?” Chen Yi, who earns 4,000 yuan a month: “I’m in! I’m in!” Once he started, he was soon drinking and laughing with underworld marshals from all walks of life, and raising cups with the Four Great Judges as if they’d known each other forever. He even passed the civil service exam and landed a coveted government job in the huma 34kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
31. 881 民 Folk Tales: One Chapter, One Horror Story 民间怪谈一章一个恐怖故事 Alone Through the Cold Autumn独过寒秋Mystery845k WordsCompleted [Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun. 26.8kReads7.5Score1.2kShelves
32. 882 市 Strange Tales from the Jianghu Streets 市井江湖异闻录 Loose Wild Grass散装野草Urban518k WordsOngoing Qin Bei was an ordinary young man from Northeast China, living a quiet, unremarkable life among the bustle of the city. Then a mysterious package arrived out of the blue, shattering his peaceful routine and dragging him into one bizarre incident after another. Beneath the glittering surface of modern life, undercurrents are stirring. The secretive martial sects passed down for millennia have never vanished, and mysterious powers unknown to the world lie hidden in the everyday rhythms of the cit 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Try urban settings, ghost hunting, mythical beasts, sects, or martial arts worlds.

33. 883 镇 Exorcism Records: The Supreme Judge of Yin and Yang 镇鬼实录：阴阳第一执宰人 Three-Year Fish三年鱼Mystery181k WordsOngoing [Traditional supernatural horror + ghost hunting + no romance] The city is full of tricks. I want to go back to the countryside. After losing his job, Jiang Bai returns to his rural hometown, only to find that a wicked spirit has begun tearing out people’s hearts. More and more villagers are being killed, and the whole village is helpless. Ignoring his late grandfather’s prohibition, he inherits his grandfather’s legacy and enters the world of the mystic arts. In a once-quiet town, accidents kee 81Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good ghost-hunting novel, recommended, worth reading.

34. 884 怪 Tales of the Supernatural: Ghost-Hunting Venerable 怪谈之捉鬼天尊 Blue Forest Night Wind蓝林夜风Mystery176k WordsOngoing Eight severed-head mountains form a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, imprisoning Song An’s first eight incarnations. To ensure that Song An can grow up safely in his ninth life, a mysterious eminent monk comes to the mortal world. Unfortunately, this time Song An is born on the night of the Ghost Festival, and is also a child of extreme yin, with all eight characters of his birth chart belonging to yin. Even stranger, nine days and nine nights of blood rain fall before Song An’s birth. For —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I would definitely recommend these two books!

35. 885 虐 The Torment-Novel Heroine Is Busy Catching Ghosts 虐文女主忙抓鬼 Sweet Cheng甜甜程Mystery596k WordsCompleted [Comedy + transmigration + ghost hunting] Su Su opens her eyes to find herself in a hospital bed, with someone nearby trying to take her kidney. From the doctors' conversation, she realizes she's transmigrated? Into the very angst novel she had just complained about, and as the abused heroine, no less? Then Su Su discovers that the world of the book is actually supernatural. Isn't that her specialty? They dare abuse her? They have no idea what's coming. How about a female-ghost special, on the h 3.6kReads8.9Score502Shelves

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    These are all ghost-catching books, and I can't bear to delete any of them. Especially the third and fourth books.

36. 886 末 The Age of Declining Spirituality: The Last Taoist of the Mystic Sect 末法时代，玄门最后一个道士 Cangzhu Yimu沧竹一木Urban211k WordsCompleted Following his master’s dying wish, Chen Bufan leaves the Daoist temple where he has lived for twenty years and steps into the modern city below the mountain for the first time. Amid the overwhelming culture shock, he keenly senses the first hint of an “ill omen” belonging to this age. 4.7kReads—Score242Shelves

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    Highly recommended, it's definitely worth watching, and quite funny.

37. 887 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno 2.2kReads8.3Score274Shelves

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    I recommend a thrilling novel, a feng shui and supernatural story called "The Strongest Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site." It combines elements of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, feng shui battles, historical time travel, reincarnation, fantasy, science fiction, feng shui supernatural phenomena, Lu Ban's techniques, Mohist mechanical arts, Gu poison, and corpse-driving. Written from the perspective of architecture students and engineers, it explores feng shui and supernatural events. It's currently being serialized on Tomato Novels website.

38. 888 六 Tales of the Six-Fingered Ghost 六指诡谈 Ah Ah Cha Cha Xiao Xiao Kuang Kuang啊啊叉叉小小邝邝Mystery216k WordsOngoing [Born with Six Fingers and Rejected by Fate? I'll Crush the Boundary Between Yin and Yang!] Born with six fingers and plagued by a sinister illness, he was possessed by a ferocious beast just as ghosts and monsters went on a blood-moon killing spree! Only when his fingertip blood seeped into the Soul-Suppressing Stele did he learn that his extra finger was the key to both the Yin and Yang realms: —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't panic if you're experiencing a reading slump! An original Taoist theme + a unique system + immersive thriller will challenge your reading appetite! "The Six-Fingered Ghost Tale" begins with a terrifying start on the night the protagonist is born… Each chapter builds upon the previous one, each test of fate revealing the eerie truth behind it all. A must-read for those who stay up all night! Click to read as the six-fingered Taoist unveils a deadly truth in the darkness!

39. 889 阴 Part-Time Underworld Constable: A Taoist Priest Investigates Murders in the City 阴差兼职：贫道在都市查凶 Du Chuan Yu渡川雨Mystery553k WordsOngoing 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—Shelves
40. 890 天 Good Grief, the Wicked Senior Sister Starts Exorcising Ghosts After Losing Her Memory 天啦噜，恶毒师姐失忆后开始捉鬼 Reading Novels All Day with Nothing to Do一天没事干就看小说Mystery102k WordsOngoing [No Romance + No Mindless Power Fantasy + Mild Horror + Amnesia at the Start + Two Female Leads Bound by Friendship + Entirely Handmade, No AI] [Stick with the first three chapters, trust me] Before losing her memory, she was the daughter of the Imperial Medical Academy’s chief physician, a once-in-a-century genius of the Xuantian Temple, and the “Living King of Hell” feared by everyone in the capital. The year the capital was drenched in blood, her friend, a young nobleman, died a gruesome deat 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book, please read it.

41. 891 九 After Maxing Out the Nine Suns Divine Skill, I Became a Living Forbidden Spell 九阳神功满级后，我成了人形禁咒 Drinking Water Won't Make You Gain Weight喝水不长肉Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Ghosts’ Worst Nightmare] [Ghost King Slayer] [Demon Meat Grinder] [Human-Shaped Forbidden Spell] Su Mo transmigrates to an era where the supernatural has returned, and from the start receives a love letter written by a female ghost! It’s unexpected, touching, and potentially deadly! Luckily, his Super Enhancement System awakens. A knockoff Nine Suns Divine Art? Enhance it! Nine Suns Devouring Heaven Art! Turn your body into a furnace, condense your blood and qi into a sun, and refine the evil g 107.9kReads8.6Score7.3kShelves

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    This is worth listening to.

42. 892 瓜 The Little Fool’s Demon-Hunting Chronicles 瓜娃儿捉妖记 A Parasol on a Sunny Day天晴打把伞Mystery348k WordsCompleted [Mystery and Supernatural] + [Folk Customs] + [Legends] + [Strange Tales] This really is a mystery and supernatural novel about catching demons and ghosts. The author begs the officials who review the categories to show mercy and stop changing this book’s category at random. Could you please? During the Xianfeng era, Gua Wa’er is sent to learn magic from Taoist Li at the Wengong Shrine, having incurred a debt of gratitude for changing his father Niu Yuansheng’s fate. He joins the wondrous Yunmen 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend my own book, "A Taoist Priest in the Late Qing Dynasty: Exorcising Ghosts, Demons, and Zombies."

43. 893 借 [Borrowing Evil Bones, I Become a Ghost Immortal and Break the Yin-Yang Divide] 【借邪骨，我以鬼仙破阴阳】 I Want to Win a Bottle of Moutai我要中茅台Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Revenge + Magical Duels + Folk Horror + Feng Shui + One Heroine] I was born stillborn, but my grandfather brought me back to life with a fiend god's sinister bone! Yet my resurrection turned me into a freak who constantly attracted calamity, bringing about the deaths of my entire family. Only after I became a corpse collector did my fate take a dramatic turn! With a fiend god on my back, I will roam freely between the worlds of yin and yang, fearing no taboo. I bear the corpse co 7.8kReads7.6Score1.2kShelves

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    The protagonist is a member of a spirit shrine similar to a shaman, who supports tens of thousands of ghosts and immortals, including 108 ghost kings. His physical body is that of a malevolent god, and his soul, in a past life, is that of Yama, the King of Hell, burdened by the eighteen levels of hell. Every full moon, he is cast into hell. The female protagonist possesses an extra soul and spirit of Houtu, resulting in a foolish beauty who is immortal and indestructible, forever deprived of sunlight.

44. 894 人 Demon Catcher in the Mortal Realm 人间妖捕 Searching for the Return of the Crane寻鹤归期Fantastical Romance557k WordsCompleted The modern human world and the mystical realm, where spiritual power exists, lie side by side. The human world is secretly protected by demon hunters, made up of gifted people and reclusive cultivators, while the mystical realm is mired in war over power. After an accident binds Qiao Muli and Xie Anyu's souls together, they go from seeing each other across a divide, to living together in the present, to fighting enemies side by side. They overcome the barriers of status and distance, and ultimat —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A half-demon girl and a pure-hearted pavilion master, their mutual redemption is so sweet.

45. 895 凌 I Draw Talismans in Midair to Slay a Hundred Ghosts: I Am a Maoshan Celestial Master 凌空画符灭百鬼，我是茅山天师 Redstone Taoist红石道人Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [An immensely satisfying story+lots of perks+a lecherous, roguish young Maoshan Celestial Master wipes out a hundred ghosts+multiple heroines+ghosts run rampant] I am the seventy-second generation Seal-Bearing Celestial Master of Maoshan. I command thunder, fire, water, ice, and wood talismans, and understand the mysteries of heaven and earth. After twelve years of cultivation, I can gather spiritual energy into ink with a single finger, form spells in thin air, and wipe out a hundred ghosts wit 54Reads6.1Score105Shelves

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    This book is all about catching ghosts. The male lead is both lecherous and capable, and it's also hilarious!

46. 896 紫 The Purple-Robed Little Heavenly Master Makes Ghosts Tremble 紫袍小天师一出手，鬼鬼瑟瑟发抖 Split-Personality Girl精分少女Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + sweet indulgence + only doting on the little darling + no CP + adorable child + mysticism + lighthearted atmosphere + entirely fictional world + wealthy conglomerate family] Years ago, the little heiress of the wealthy Feng family was kidnapped and fell off a cliff, her fate unknown. Then one day, she returned dressed in a little purple robe, bringing her whole “family” along. From then on, the Feng family, once lifeless and gloomy, was filled with a joy all their own! “Xi 2.6kReads9.3Score379Shelves

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    [Drooling] It's been so long since I've seen such a creatively styled pajama-catching novel! I stayed up for three nights straight and finished it in one go! [Thumbs up] The protagonist is born with a fiery destiny, naturally prone to misfortune, and was kicked out of his home by his father at fifteen, crawling into a stone grave... When I first read it, it only had a 7.8 Rating, but now it's skyrocketed to 9.3! [Thumbs up]

47. 897 末 Evil Spirits Run Wild in the Apocalypse, So I Carry a Blade and Raise Ghosts 末世厉鬼横行，我扛刀养鬼 Lu He Is Here陆河在此Mystery181k WordsOngoing I'm Feng Qi of the Spirit Suppression Bureau, assigned by the state to guard Hangcheng, Zhejiang Province! [Mild horror] [Raising ghost companions] [Graphic ghost-eating] [Supernatural] The blood moon hung in the sky, and normal society collapsed overnight. Only those who had accidentally fused with malevolent ghosts and gained ghost companions and eerie objects could fight them. Everyone else could only wait to die. Radicals overseas planned to launch every nuclear missile and take everyone dow 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Throughout the myriad realms, I am known as the Ghost Celestial Venerable; this is my autobiography.

48. 898 五 Five-Year-Old Xuanbao Is a Good-for-Nothing? Nonsense! I Catch Ghosts and Beat Up Evil Spirits 五岁玄宝是小废物？胡说！我抓鬼敲凶的 Dust Drifts Through the Years纤尘荏苒Ancient Romance619k WordsCompleted [Adorable child, true heiress, occult arts, family regrets, reborn, household drama] Her old Daoist master died, her adoptive parents were villains, and little Xuanbao was abandoned to fend for herself on a freezing, snowy night. After she was rescued and brought home, she discovered that her real father was a marquis, her real mother was a commandery princess, and she had five handsome older brothers! Unfortunately, the marquis’s household was beset by problems. The eldest brother was an impost 2.3kReads9.3Score182Shelves
49. 899 我 I’m Just an Ordinary Woman 我只是一个普普通通的女子 Where Did I Put My Cat?我猫搁哪儿了Mystery419k WordsOngoing The rating has only just opened, so it’ll keep going up! [Supernatural + Strong Female Lead + Feng Shui and Metaphysics + Horror + Episodic Stories + Spiritual Qi Revival] A metaphysical ghost-hunting story featuring supernatural tales. The female lead is the strongest fighter, bar none! The pairing is with her master. Set against the backdrop of spiritual qi revival, the mortal world and the underworld work together. The world unfolds as the stories progress. The female lead has already been re 697Reads8.1Score114Shelves

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    I think this one is pretty good. The female lead is a Taoist priest who experiences the mortal world at work and in various places. She even has official credentials, which she pulls out when she absolutely needs them, just like the armband on that little chef's badge. It's quite interesting, although some of the stories are a bit scary because they're so relatable...

50. 900 华 A Chinese Taoist Priest Hunts Ghosts in Japan 华夏道士在东瀛捉鬼 Northern Fist Bear北地铁拳熊Urban238k WordsOngoing “Roar!” The evil spirit let out an utterly bloodcurdling howl. Its attack on Yuna abruptly changed course. It became a pitch-black storm, abandoning all strategy and focusing solely on tearing that accursed man, who was munching on sunflower seeds, to pieces! “Hey, why are you all coming after me?” Looking at the black storm roaring toward him, Li Xuan wore a smug grin. He casually brushed the sunflower seed shells off his hands and rose to his feet at an unhurried pace. “Since you’re all s 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A young Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain ends up in Japan, a land teeming with ghosts and supernatural phenomena, where the local exorcists are mediocre. He skillfully uses Taoist mantras, talismans, and magical artifacts to handle various paranormal cases, subdues gentle vengeful spirits, and slaps arrogant Onmyoji in the face. His traditional Chinese ghost-catching adventures are incredibly stress-relieving.

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