The Underworld, Ghost Hunting, and Ghost Catchers 地府，捉鬼，阴差

1. 251 玄 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Become the Underworld’s Yin Son of Heaven 玄幻：开局成为地府阴天子 Immortal Star Lodging星宿老仙Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The King of Hell says you die at the third watch. Who would dare keep you alive until the fifth? Qi Yun transmigrates to another world and becomes the Underworld’s Yin Emperor. He summons the Ten Kings of Hell and the Four Ghost Emperors, establishing a supreme underworld and restoring order to the world. “What? An old man named Yao Chen is hiding inside a ring? What are we waiting for? He’s a ghost lingering among the living right under my underworld’s nose. Go arrest him and drag him down here 1.8kReads7.9Score110Shelves
2. 252 从 Starting as a City God, I Rule the Underworld 从城隍开始，地府我为尊 Shi Er礻耳Eastern Fantasy608k WordsCompleted What is the Underworld, and what gives you the right to reward the good and punish the evil? What is the Underworld? Let me tell you right now! The wrongs you cannot redress, the Underworld will redress. The people you cannot deal with, the Underworld will deal with. The karma you cannot bear, the Underworld will bear. In one sentence: right and wrong are clear, and the truth shines bright! Rewarding the good and punishing the evil is sanctioned by the Great Dao. That is the Underworld. Is that 182Reads5.4Score—Shelves
3. 253 湘 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 Xiaoxiang Lady Traveler潇湘女客Mystery289k WordsCompleted My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 142Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's a Hunanese version of *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, a *Night Parade of One Hundred Demons* set in a water town, and above all, a heartwarming tale of "protection." There's no unnecessary mystification, only genuine fear and warmth.

4. 254 偷 I Eavesdrop on the Little Fox's Thoughts and Become a Top-Tier Star of the Daoist World 偷听小狐狸心声，我成了道家顶流 Soft Cookie酥酥饼干Modern Romance261k WordsOngoing [Slow-Burn Romance + Supernatural Mystery + Ghost and Demon Hunting] An irreverent young Taoist priestess + a naturally desireless nine-tailed fox Luo Li was born with the fate of a Yin messenger. She catches ghosts to store up life force! At first, she was just earning one day of life at a time, until she made a pact with a divine fox. One bizarre case after another soon came her way. Ghostly hoaxes, a rat spirit causing trouble, mending fractured souls, venturing into the sea, entering the gho —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I watched it all night.

5. 255 重 Reborn into the Supernatural 重生从灵异开始 Come Here让你过来Modern Romance142k WordsOngoing Unlucky Su Baiqiao gets into a car accident while out one day, but her world does not end there. She is reborn! Along with her comes a mysterious picture frame. As time passes, Baiqiao gradually uncovers the hidden side of this world. A group of people who can control the supernatural call themselves cultivators! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Rebirth + System, Modern Supernatural Romance, Mind-Blowing, Super Good!

6. 256 殓 Secrets of the Mortuary 殓尸秘录 Sisi2009思思2009Mystery183k WordsCompleted Chen Mo is the young heir to the Wangsheng Studio funeral home. He thought he would spend his life in quiet company with cold, lifeless bodies. Then he took charge of a strange corpse known as the “Bride in Red,” and everything began to spiral out of control. The body never decays, and its smile is as lovely as a flower. The bronze bell tied around its ankle rings silently in the dead of night. From then on, Chen Mo is swept into one whirlpool after another, woven from local ghost stories and ho 3Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   [A miraculous midnight spectacle unfolds at a specific moment, and the protagonist personally experiences this breathtaking scene! The description is absolutely brilliant; watch it with your girlfriends!]

7. 257 我 Stirring Up Trouble in Soul Ferry 我在灵魂摆渡里搅风搅雨 Luo Zhaoyan洛昭炎Mystery549k WordsCompleted [A Soul Ferry Fanfiction + Transmigration Across Film and TV Worlds + Comedy + Healing + Warmth + Everyday Life + Episodic Story + Power Ceiling] A Zhen appears to be an ordinary clerk at Convenience Store No. 444, but he is actually an ancient true god who has lost his memories. After an ancient calamity shattered his divine soul and scattered its fragments across three thousand small worlds, he can only transmigrate through them in mortal form, searching for each fragment one by one. Every tim 6Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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   This should have met your needs.

8. 258 入 The Mortician’s Job in the Underworld 入殓师地府编制 Yi Muxin伊沐心Mystery393k WordsOngoing My name is Shen Du. I’m twenty-eight, a mortician at a funeral home, and I specialize in dealing with the unresolved obsessions of restless spirits. By day, I wear white gloves and arrange burial clothes, giving every deceased person a dignified farewell. By night, I serve in the underworld and wield the authority of an imperial censor, judging cause and effect between the living and the dead and guiding lost souls onward. The funeral trade, which others avoid at all costs, is how I make my livi —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The ancestral notes hold hidden inheritances, and the Yin-Yang Gate connects the two worlds. What appears to be an ordinary funeral home is actually a hub between Yin and Yang.

9. 259 我 My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery276k WordsCompleted I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The supporting character is both cowardly and loves to join in the fun, always managing to ease the tense atmosphere with his humor.

10. 260 第 Day 49: The Whole Internet Watches Me Tear Through the Horse-Shaman World 第49天，全网看我杀穿出马仙 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery318k WordsCompleted [The first novel online to tackle the “spirit-medium” genre from an opposing perspective] Before my dad died, he left me a blood curse: “If you meet a god, beat it. If you see an immortal, kill it.” Now the whole village is made up of spirit mediums, and I'm the only ordinary person left. They livestream “catching an old immortal,” so I report them and get their accounts banned. They stage “the Tragic King being killed,” so I expose their tricks on the spot. Then I rescue a snow-white fox, and i 13Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 铃 The Bell Shakes the Mountains and Rivers 铃动山河 Master of the Study of Antiquity稽古斋主Mystery475k WordsCompleted Hardcore worldbuilding: the Maoshan Taoist ghost-hunting tradition, the secret Shaolin art of guiding ghosts to the afterlife, Seven Star fate-reading, the Wu people’s shamanic medicine, and their logical integration with modern technology. Urban setting, supernatural mysteries, ghost hunting, schemes, corpse retrievers, corpse-carrying teams, corpse drivers, zombies, curses, and Southeast Asian horror stories. *Modern military life × ancient metaphysics*: Secret lineages and supernatural crises 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The shamanic practices of Maoshan Taoist priests involve hardcore ghost fighting, ghost raising, zombies, female ghosts, ghostly soldiers using the road, the Nine Chrysanthemums sect, corpse retrievers, corpse-carrying teams, corpse-driving craftsmen, and hauntings.

12. 262 毕 A Ghost Marshal Right After Graduation: I Earn Merit by Capturing Souls 毕业即鬼差，我靠拘魂赚功德 Starflare927星烽927Xianxia397k WordsOngoing After graduating from college and hitting one dead end after another in his job search, Qi Hao thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life slacking away at the bottom of society. Then, one morning, a wood splinter pricks his finger, and his blood accidentally activates an old token from a secondhand shop. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have been appointed a trainee ghost officer!] Dressed in a ghost officer’s robes and armed with soul-locking chains, he can capture evil spirits and guide the dead 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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13. 263 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score312.3kShelves
14. 264 大 The Great Sage Returns 3: Endless Journey 大圣归来3无尽征途 Heaven-Mandated Mayfly天命蜉蝣Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing [The Strongest Sun Wukong in History] [Creating a Different Kind of Passionate Xuanhuan Xianxia World] The third installment in the Great Sage Returns series continues the invincible journey of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. "Brother, have you really decided to go in alone?" Before a mysterious vortex, two young men stood shoulder to shoulder. Sun Wukong nodded. "It's time to uncover the secret behind the vortex." Beyond the vortex lies a new journey, and here is hidden the ultimate secret of t 49.3kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
15. 265 那EN Lord Jiang is the Demon! 那妖魔是姜大人！ Eight-Tentacled Monster八爪触手怪Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing (Rating just released) [Gender Swap] [Single] [Slaying Demons] [Feel-Good Fiction] Using the blood of demons as ink, and the Hundred Demons Manual as a canvas. I can sketch their forms and seize their supernatural abilities. 384kReads9.3Score28.6kShelves
16. 266 我 I'm Not a God of Theater: Prequel, the Outer-Domain Demon 我不是戏神前传之域外天魔 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Male-Channel Fanfiction3.1M WordsOngoing Wife, do you know that the child in your womb is a reborn Immortal Emperor? I was a mad scholar locked away in a psychiatric hospital, yet I became the final hope of the gods of the Three Realms! The extraterrestrial demon Cthulhu is about to invade, and the civilization of Blue Star is on the brink of destruction. The Jade Emperor and Lady Houtu have personally appeared in my dreams to beg me to emerge from seclusion! But I'm just an ordinary guy who drove himself insane trying to make money b 116Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 267 剑 Little Demon of the Sword Sect, Fierce at Three and a Half 剑宗小魔童，三岁半超凶 My Imagination Has Gone Wild脑洞炸了锅Fantastical Romance899k WordsOngoing This is a sad story about poverty. My father was so poor that he lost even his trousers and sent me to the cultivation world to find my mother. The sects dismissed me as a good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots. Only the Heavenly Sword Sect was willing to take me in, because they were even poorer and had no choice. My senior brothers thought they had picked up a cute little girl. Instead, they raised the greatest bug in the cultivation world. The genius of Qingyun Sect was beaten to tears by 187.4kReads9.0Score17.1kShelves
18. 268 全 The Whole City Transmigrates, Building a China That Never Sets 全市穿越，打造中华日不落 Southern Anhui Chili Pepper皖南朝天椒Historical698k WordsOngoing Overnight, the entire city transmigrated to the tenth year of the Xianfeng Emperor's reign. At the time, Qingting was beset by troubles at home and abroad. The Longhairs swept across Jiangnan, the Anglo-French allied forces threatened the capital, and the great powers' ironclad ships and cannons pounded at the gates of the ancient nation. Yet the city that had arrived from another time faced a grave crisis of survival: food was scarce, energy supplies were failing, and the industrial supply chai 85.2kReads8.5Score7.1kShelves
19. 269 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
20. 270 我 I, Sun Wukong, Am Invincible 2: The Other Shore 我孙悟空无敌2彼岸世界 Heaven-Mandated Mayfly天命蜉蝣Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted [The Strongest Sun Wukong in History] [A Continuation of the Journey to the West] The second installment in the Great Sage Returns series. The prequel, I, Sun Wukong, Am Invincible, is complete, and the sequel, The Great Sage Returns 3: Endless Journey, is now updating! “Immortality... origins... our journey leads to the endless other shore...” In the chaos realm, Wukong revives from the Coffin of Chaos. He now possesses the most powerful force in all of chaos, yet the secrets hidden behind the 10.7kReads9.5Score846Shelves
21. 271 黄 A Weasel Demands a Title, So I Reveal My Purple-Robed Celestial Master's True Form 黄皮子讨封，我亮出紫袍天师法身 Horse-Herder Immortal出马仙Mystery4.8M WordsCompleted Humorous and hilarious + traditional supernatural folklore + spirit medium rituals + no System Zhang Tiezhu staggers home drunk one night. He runs into a tailless weasel that asks him for a blessing. The weasel asks, “Do I look more like a human or a god to you?” “Heh... You look like your grandma’s leg!” The weasel says, “...Brother Zhang, cut it out. Give me a proper answer!” Zhang Tiezhu says, “Weasel, let me tell you: these days, you have to believe in science!” The weasel says, “I’m a Yello 52.9kReads8.9Score8kShelves
22. 272 长 The Living Hell of the Immortal Realm 长生天之人间炼狱 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Urban235k WordsCompleted I'm the damn heir to the title of Great Emperor, yet I've been put through hell in the mortal world. When I return to claim my throne, I'll use my blade to wash away every humiliation I've suffered! Demon Emperor, just you wait! Fifteen days in heaven, one hundred and fifty years on earth. That's more than enough time! 32Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
24. 274 雪 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 Guo Xiaotang郭筱棠Mystery868k WordsOngoing A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A collection of short supernatural tales and ghost stories! It also includes alien stories! Lots of zombie and drought demon tales! Ghost stories! [Add to bookshelf][Add to bookshelf]

25. 275 闺 My Best Friend and I Transmigrated Together, and I Use the System to Hunt Demons 闺蜜齐穿，我靠系统捉妖杀疯了 Qiong Yu邛芌Ancient Romance200k WordsOngoing [No CP + Ensemble Cast + Xianxia Supernatural Mystery + Suspense + System + Pocket Dimension + Fantasy + Strong Female Lead + Satisfying Revenge + Character Growth + Founding a New Sect] [Cultural relic archaeologist and her best friend from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners transmigrate to another world together. Hell from the start!] After waking from a car accident, Li Fan and her best friend Xu Yanyan find themselves lying in a funeral hall prepared for a ghost marriag —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A series of episodic stories about catching demons and ghosts, exploring human nature with depth. Not mindless, full of foreshadowing, subverting tropes, and featuring plot twists! A strong female lead, a humorous style, clear logic, strong writing, a small ensemble cast, and its own worldview and independent Taoist system. It blends elements of suspense, fantasy, and supernatural tales, including folk tales and political intrigue. The protagonist is a character who grows through experience; the female lead leads her group of detectives, adventurers, and judges wrongful convictions, eventually establishing their own sect and becoming the top Taoist master.

26. 276 重 Reborn as the CEO's Fortune-Telling Wife 重生之总裁的算卦妻 He Du禾度Modern Romance409k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Metaphysics + Fortune-Telling + Actress + CEO + Influencer] After her fellow disciple ambushes her, the heroine is reborn as a disgraced influencer. After beating up a sleazy director, she tells him, “You’re going to prison.” When her unscrupulous agent demands an outrageous contract termination fee, she says, “Be careful when you go out. You’re in for a bloody disaster.” At a banquet to clear up a rumor, she exposes a scheming actress’s past crimes: raising a ghost to harm people and —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the savior.

27. 277 开 From the Start, I Keep Running Into Ghosts 开局总能碰见鬼 Lazy and Flustered懒惰慌Urban130k WordsOngoing Dark clouds descend, and chaos clouds my eyes, As ghosts crowd the world on every side. At every step, I stumble upon spirits, While Maoshan and Longhu become my friends. I’m a homicide detective who catches ghosts... Eat, greed. All things follow a destined design... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The world seen through the eyes of others is bright and peaceful; but what I see is a completely different world. At every turn, in every dark corner, a pair of eyes may be hiding, coldly watching me.

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