Supernatural Stories With a Powerful Male Lead From the Start, No Harem, and Side Characters Who Aren’t Idiots 灵异，男主一开始就很厉害，没有后宫，配角不脑残

1. 501 活 The Living Must Keep Away 活人回避 Wanderer of the Mortal World风尘散人Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted Originally titled Living People, Keep Away. An antique set me on a desperate path. From then on, just to stay alive, I became a yin walker who dealt with the dead and the walking corpses. Three years searching for dragon veins, ten years locating acupoints, roaming between yin and yang, dealing in ghosts and spirits. I kept walking, struggling my way to where I am today. 2.7kReads8.9Score33114d adds
2. 502 恐 Horror Revival: My Supernatural Abominations Level Up Automatically 恐怖复苏：我的诡异自动升级 Tofu and Eggplant豆腐茄子Mystery243k WordsOngoing “The supernatural is about to awaken.” “The age of darkness is descending upon the world.” The mysterious horror game The Strange Realm has appeared. Those chosen as players can enter the game and face countless terrifying scenarios. The Strange Realm exists on the shadowy side of the world, a gathering place for chaos, bloodshed, darkness, and distortion... It is the embodiment of all malice and a breeding ground for countless horrors. By clearing these supernatural scenarios, players gain extr 1Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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   All three are pretty good; I'm currently reading the third one.

3. 503 什 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ Wild, Bold, Cool, and Flashy Shark狂拽酷炫鲨Mystery279k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 280.2kReads8.3Score47.5k14d adds
4. 504 邪EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ I'm a Pastry Pro我时糕手Eastern Fantasy880k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 762.2kReads9.0Score136.8k14d adds
5. 505 网 Online Game: Confessing to a Noble Lady from the Start 网游：开局表白贵族千金 A Tom一只汤姆丶Sports3.6M WordsCompleted [Fake Villain + Lighthearted + Invincible + Online Game = Maximum Thrills!] After playing a game all night, he suddenly died and transmigrated into the game as a notorious villain. He confesses to the noble duke’s daughter right from the start, only for the duke to decide he wants him dead? He had thought he’d only made one enemy, but when Victor came to his senses, he realized something. Everyone around him wanted him dead. The aloof Valkyrie boss was dead set on taking his head, while the all- 66.6kReads9.3Score6.1k14d adds

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   These books meet all the above requirements.

6. 506 道 The Dao Ancestor 道祖 Feng Xiaobei风小贝Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted The Chu family’s heaven-blessed son was poisoned with a cup of wine when he was young, robbed of his talent and cast out by a great sect! He joined the army and, after six years of trials and triumphs, earned the title of Northern King! When he returns to his homeland, a single word shakes the world and a single thought stirs the winds and clouds. His old enemies are now bones beneath his feet! He wields the Six-Turn Creation Art, growing stronger with every step. He crushes peerless monsters, t 38kReads9.0Score3.4k14d adds

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   These are all novels featuring invincible characters, with decent plots. Some are so overpowered that they're not very interesting. The first four are power-based novels.

7. 507 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 266.5kReads9.5Score22k14d adds
8. 508 妖 Demon Revival: The Great Qin Demon Suppression King 妖魔复苏：大秦镇魔王 A Man's Cigarette男人的烟Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Qin Yun transmigrated to the Great Qin Empire and became an unfavored prince. He had planned to find an opportunity to request a post away from the capital and leave the center of power of his own accord. But transmigrators always seemed to attract unexpected opportunities. As the Great Qin Empire decayed and demons stirred, the empire sought to stabilize the court. Several princes proposed establishing a Demon Suppression Bureau to deal with the demons. But none of the princes wanted to risk ta 14.7kReads8.3Score71314d adds
9. 509 诡 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异：开局一条狗，装备全靠捡 I Love Watching the Show我爱围观Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 466.1kReads8.5Score51.4k14d adds
10. 510 从 The Strongest Man to Emerge from the Heavenly Prison 从天牢走出的强者 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Eight years ago, Qin Zimo was the great general who protected the Nanxuan Kingdom, renowned throughout the heavens and feared by every nation. Now, Qin Zimo has emerged from a dark, icy prison, and the winds of change are rising once more. 7.9kReads8.9Score63814d adds
11. 511 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery723k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score590.8k14d adds
12. 512 全 Zombies Descend Across the World, and You Say the Taoist Class Is Useless? 全球僵尸降临，你说道士序列没用 A Lamp for the Bright Moon一盏明月灯Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Purple-hair zombies, white-hair zombies, black-hair zombies, green-hair zombies, fur-covered zombies, flying zombies, wandering zombies, lurking zombies, unrotting-bone zombies, and drought demons… This is a world overrun by zombies across the globe! Xu Yi arrives in this world and awakens the Taoist path. But people accuse him of being inferior to those on the fire-element path. Xu Yi scratches his head and looks at his Dragon-Tiger Evil-Slaying Talismans, Golden Light Incantation, corpse-dr 255kReads8.8Score29.9k14d adds
13. 513 玄 Xuanhuan: I Lead Hundreds of Millions of Yin Soldiers to Rebuild the Underworld 玄幻：我率领亿万阴兵，重建地府 Xiao Jiang Next Door隔壁小江Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted Chen Qiye transmigrated into a fantasy world, only to find it crawling with countless vicious ghosts that preyed on people and stole their lives. Fortunately, the most powerful Underworld Emperor System awakened within him. Summon Heibai Wuchang to seize wandering souls and slay evil ghosts! Summon the Yin soldiers and generals, throw open the gates of the underworld, and set a hundred ghosts roaming by night! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, uphold good, and keep the mortal realm i 15.7kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
14. 514 开 A Bell Rings from the Start, and the Whole World Falls Asleep 开局一声钟鸣，全球陷入沉睡 Family Bucket Milk Tea全家桶奶茶Urban303k WordsCompleted Reborn at the end of the world, with supernatural abilities, transmigration, and no System A 19-year-old consciousness in a 900-year-old body. When I opened my eyes again, a man who called himself the strongest fighter told me it was the first day of Year 900 of the New Era. Somehow transported to this new world, I enrolled in the best high school and joined the Alliance. The apocalypse, supernatural abilities, and zombies were all waiting for me to explore. Only later did I learn that the tolli 98Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 515 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.1kReads8.8Score3.7k14d adds
16. 516 斩 Slay the Gods: One Minute at Noon, Instantly Kill the Supreme God! 斩神：正午一分钟，秒杀至高神！ God of Marathons马拉松之神Male-Channel Fanfiction2.8M WordsOngoing [Seven Deadly Sins + Pride + Escanor + High Noon + Slay the Gods] Zhang Hai transmigrates to the world of Slay the Gods, adopts a daughter named Hong Ying, and works as a teacher at No. 2 High School. He thought he could live an ordinary life. But then Hong Ying awakens a Forbidden Ruin and, just like in the original story, joins the Night Watchers. Zhang Hai feels the pressure. Fortunately, he binds to the [Seven Deadly Sins] System. As long as he keeps sacrificing [mysterious creatures], he ca 8.6kReads7.8Score74914d adds
17. 517 深 The Midnight Spirit Shop 深夜灵店 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted I'm neither a yin-yang master nor an exorcist, but I do have an unusual left eye. I run a shop that opens only at midnight, serving customers who have run into special troubles. A little shop, a cup of tea for a guest, and so my story begins... 1.7kReads8.6Score19414d adds

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    It's very good, but it's not good if you have amnesia.

18. 518 他 While Others Command Ghosts, I Cultivate Immortality; While Others Fear, I Covet 他人驭鬼我修仙，他人恐惧我贪婪 Soda Sea Salt Crackers苏打海盐饼干Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Highly recommend this divine novel: The Strange Resurgence: I Can Transform into a Great Demon] [Not invincible, clever protagonist, focused on leveling up, horror, hilarious, dark worldview, a high-dimensional golden finger crushing a lower-dimensional world] Nightmares erode reality. Cities and skyscrapers that once disappeared return, now filled with terrifying high-level supernatural beings. When the final day arrives, the whole world falls into darkness, and one strange god after another 31kReads7.7Score2.6k14d adds

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    Don't be fooled by the name.

19. 519 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Urge the Ghost Courtesan to Reform! 惊悚游戏：开局劝鬼花魁从良！ Sweet Sweet Sweet Stories甜甜甜故事Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror game + comedic mild horror + infinite-flow + livestream + no heroine + the protagonist doesn’t act human + everyone is clever + everyone lies + original game scenarios] [The only novel online to tell the story of what happened before the horror game invaded!] [Horror scenario “Ghost Brothel” fully loaded. Players, please get ready!] Lin Xun, a hack screenwriter, is transported into a horror game. Unblockable horror livestreams spread across the internet, turning this into a terrifying sp 5.6kReads9.3Score61214d adds
20. 520 阴 Fate of the Yin Realm 阴缘逆命 Ziqingzi自清子Mystery668k WordsOngoing I was born with an extremely yin fate, making me the fattest piece of meat in the eyes of yin creatures. When I was thirteen, Li Xiaopang’s father, who lived next door, suddenly died away from home. On the night his body was brought back, someone knocked on our front door… A hand covered in livor mortis reached for my throat. Grandpa traded half his life to keep me alive. Before he left, he gave me a note telling me to go to Haizhou City, a hundred li away, and find a female master surnamed Shen 24Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Supernatural, no harem, the male lead has a female master, there are no abrupt romances or attention-grabbing plot twists, the master protects him with his extremely yin destiny, teaches him magic and principles, and the later development is natural and spontaneous, single female lead.

21. 521 别 Don’t Mess With Him, This Taoist Is a Little Wild 别惹他，这个道士有点野 Dirt Rat土耗子Mystery100k WordsOngoing Daoist arts + feng shui + folk customs + witchcraft + folk secrets + corpse walking + suspense + the supernatural Have you ever seen a person with no shadow? A corpse that can walk? A living person covered in corpse spots? Paper that cannot be burned? An ancient zither that plays by itself? Someone stepping out of a portrait...? Tang Yao has seen them all, and has spent his entire life dealing with such things. “Conceived in the yin year, month, day, and hour, and born in the yin year, month, da —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    These books are absolutely amazing!

22. 522 冤 The Unlucky Heavenly Master Walks the Mortal World 冤种天师走人间 Master of the Dragontail Studio曳尾斋主Mystery748k WordsCompleted The Maoshan Celestial Master holds yin and yang in check, slays ghosts, banishes demons, and dispels ill omens. A three-foot peachwood sword, a stick of incense for virtue! My fate is unusual: I court death but never die, so my master took me in as a disciple and taught me the secret arts of Maoshan. After descending the mountain, I met a beautiful older girl I knew as a child, and she led me down a road of no return. A beauty in an ice coffin, a snow-mountain witch, a fox spirit beneath the moo 714Reads7.4Score10114d adds

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    A gasp rippled through the crowd outside. Some, too timid to resist, had already turned and run! Xia Zhengyang remained motionless, holding the lamp and facing his father's portrait. After about a minute, Xia Zhengyang finally turned around, placed the lamp on the table, and smiled, "The results are in." The man from out of town wiped the sweat from his brow and asked, "What are the results?" Xia Zhengyang raised his voice and said clearly, "This isn't some treasure, but rather an evil artifact from some unorthodox sect, originating from Southeast Asia."

23. 523 羽 The Feathered People: Strange Tales of Ailao Mountain 羽人：哀牢诡事 Wolf's-Tail Fern狼尾蕨Mystery117k WordsCompleted Otherworldly powers × two male leads × ensemble cast × mystery and adventure. Strange incidents plague the Ailao Mountains. Wings appear on my back, an ancient secret erupts from Fuxian Lake, and a female streamer dies a bizarre death. The Wu Clan's vengeful spirits refuse to rest, the Feather Clan hunts them down to the last, and a divine tree connecting to the underworld emerges. From the very beginning, I had stepped into a dead end. 309Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    You absolutely must read this martial arts brotherhood novel! The protagonist is a brave and resourceful genius, plus a local tyrant in the capital. It's a fantasy adventure set in the world of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, where he transforms from a corporate slave into a superhuman with alien powers, only to be drawn into a larger conspiracy and embroiled in inter-tribal conflicts! It's an ensemble piece with very well-developed characters!

24. 524 欢 Welcome to Wenshi Hall 欢迎光临问世堂 Liu Baiman刘柏槾Mystery540k WordsOngoing [Traditional supernatural tales + eerie legends and heretical lore + mysteries of the past + the many sides of life + heartwarming healing] One female lead, no System, no harem, one-on-one romance. A satisfying story that isn't mindless, with plenty of comeuppance. The male lead has lived for a thousand years. The female lead is powerful and keeps growing stronger, and the main cast never holds her back. The grandfather doesn't die at the start. The first arc moves quickly. Its lingering mysteri 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Perfectly meets the requirements. The male lead is amazing. Single female lead.

25. 525 开 From the Start, I Had My Brother Try It First to See If There Were Any Side Effects 开局让兄弟先试下有没有副作用 Blank Taoist空白道士Urban361k WordsOngoing [Try Not to Laugh] [High-Martial-Arts Setting] [System] [Transmigration] [Not Invincible] Jiang Xi... where is this? Where's my System? System, get out here, quick! I can't take this anymore! [Ding! Binding failed...] “Li Hao, be good and take this medicine.” Li Hao, who was as furious as if he'd been fitted with an engine, roared: “Jiang Xi, I treated you like a brother, and you treat me like some guy living the good life?” Meanwhile, Jiang Xi was circling around the pond like a little submarin 122Reads—Score514d adds

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    Life always leaves something for those who hold onto hope.

26. 526 掐 One Quick Calculation, and I Know You’re a Fugitive! 掐指一算，你是逃犯！ Red Flowers and Green Willows花红柳绿Mystery4.2M WordsOngoing Su Chen, a top-tier celestial master, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a widower with the same name. His wife has just died, and his five children are crying for food. After searching the entire house, he finds only ten yuan. Without hesitation, Su Chen takes the money to Chunming Street, the busiest street in the city, and puts an ad in the newspaper: “Fortune-telling. If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Granny, your daughter didn't go missing. She's in the stove at your son-in-law's house.” A 45.5kReads9.0Score4.4k14d adds

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    This character was a Taoist priest who transmigrated in his previous life; he was incredibly powerful right from the start. [Drooling emoji]

27. 527 忘 The Guide of Wangchuan 忘川引 Warm Times with Lin林暖时光42k WordsCompleted Guide to the Forgotten River 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    These books are good.

28. 528 最 The Best Years of My Life, Spent Suffering Alone~ 最好年华苦自己～ Warm Times with Lin林暖时光Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted In the best years of youth, all you can do is suffer through them~ 2Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 529 元 Primordial Edict: Grandmaster of the Daoist Order 元始敕令：道门大宗师 Uncle Wang from Class Seven Next Door隔壁七班王叔Mystery916k WordsOngoing Vanguard of the Taoist altar, great general who banishes demons, edict of the Primordial Beginning, all arts subdued and concealed!!! With Taoist arts perfected and the strength of a grandmaster, he commands thunder and lightning, slaying monsters and vanquishing evil!!! This is a world of the Taoist sects, and the realm of the Nine Provinces… 680Reads6.7Score11414d adds

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    The protagonist is impressive right from the start. Not only is the protagonist impressive, but his mount, the little donkey, is also amazing. It can talk, smoke, and show off, and it's also the protagonist's second uncle.

30. 530 放 Letting Go Doesn’t Mean I’ve Lost 放手不是我认输 Warm Times with Lin林暖时光Marriage & Romance24k WordsCompleted Letting go doesn't mean I've admitted defeat 4Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 531 龙 A Dragon's Son, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 龙生子，鬼抬棺 Mushroom Stewed with French Fries香菇炖薯条Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted My name is Ding Lin, and I was born covered in dragon scales. The villagers said my mother wasn’t human. When she died, a hundred ghosts carried her coffin, and the River Earl wept at her funeral. My mother said I was the child of a dragon, born extraordinary, blessed by a hundred ghosts and immune to every taboo... 5.2kReads8.8Score52414d adds

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    I won't say more, you'll know once you see it for yourself.

32. 532 对 The Right Person Walks Beside You on the Road Ahead 对的人在前途里并肩前行 Warm Times with Lin林暖时光30k WordsCompleted The right person will walk beside you toward the future —Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 533 穿 Transmigrating into a Fantasy World: I Am the Prodigy 穿越玄幻之我为天骄 Lord Li of Nine-Star Island九星岛的李大人Eastern Fantasy231k WordsOngoing [This is a rough first novel, so please bear with me. If you have any better suggestions, leave them in the comments.] [Genius protagonist, brisk pacing, a touch of ensemble cast, no heroine or just one heroine] Office drone Li Chengfeng transmigrates to the world of cultivation overnight! He thought binding to a System would let him lie flat and become an immortal, but who knew the System would run off right from the start! He channels Qi into his body in just half a quarter of an hour, astonis —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The system runs away at the start, but the character is intelligent throughout, and there's no harem element; it's worth developing.

34. 534 背 Carrying a Coffin to Bury the Mortal World, Immortal for Ninety Thousand Years 背棺葬人间，长生九万年 Moonlit Chang'an月明长安Eastern Fantasy500k WordsCompleted [Immortality + System + coffin-making + claiming lives + ultimate villain look + no female lead] Lu Wusheng transmigrates to a fantasy world and inherits a shop that sells incense and candles. Making paper money every day increases his lifespan. Placing people in coffins increases his cultivation. And so, over the long years, Lu Wusheng begins an endless cycle of making money and coffins, hunting down souls and claiming lives. In the endless river of time, Lu Wusheng has witnessed ghost kings ma 2.5kReads8.8Score23314d adds

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    The male protagonists aren't brainless, and they're all very powerful from the start. All three books are highly recommended; the world-building in the first book is truly impressive.

35. 535 雪 Life-and-Death Gambit in the Snowlands 雪域生死局 Trusted Washlet心腹大浣Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Chinese Folk Horror + Gods and Ghosts + Folk Legends + Secret-Realm Exploration + Mystery and Deduction + Strong Allies] At an antique fair in Lhasa, I stumbled upon an ancient Tibetan stone tablet. Curious about its contents, I accepted an invitation to join a merchant named Lao Gun and the team he had assembled to search for goods. Together, we ventured deep into the barren mountains of northern Tibet to investigate an ancient temple. I never expected the old temple to conceal such mysteries. 8.2kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds

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    🔥A male-oriented novel with no female lead, no romantic pairing, no harem, and no ambiguous relationships. It's a pure suspense, supernatural, horror, and adventure story where everyone is intelligent, outwitting each other, and decisive in killing!

36. 536 皮 Beneath the Skin: She’s Set Her Sights on a Rich Heir 皮囊之下·她盯上了富二代 Warm Times with Lin林暖时光Marriage & Romance22k WordsCompleted Beneath the Facade: She's Set Her Sights on a Rich Heir 5Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 537 我 I Came From the Underworld to Subdue Demons and Ghosts in the Mortal World 我自冥界来，于世间镇妖鬼 Dancing Flames Across the Nine Heavens火舞九天Mystery5.0M WordsOngoing A live-action, high-definition animated series of the same name is now available on Hongguo and Tomato Novel. Search to watch. Witchcraft ☞ Taoist arts ☞ Feng Shui secrets ☞ Mountain spirits and ghosts ☞ Scary enough to make you scream ☞ Funny enough to make you laugh ☞ No harem Mei Wuji was possessed by the Netherworld Emperor. He died and came back to life, defying Heaven’s will. Mei Tianlang mastered Meishan witchcraft and Feng Shui geomancy, understood fate, and divined that his grandson Mei 27.1kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds

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    There are no dramatic, life-or-death love stories, only the thrill of brothers venturing into the supernatural world!

38. 538 诡 Eerie Revival: My Neighbor Isn't Human 诡异复苏：我的邻居不是人 Offer Flowers, Present Dogs接花献狗Mystery392k WordsCompleted [No female lead, no romance, and the protagonist grows stronger over time. He becomes formidable after death.] Three years ago, the world twisted, and terror returned. As the entire world was shrouded in the shadows of ghosts and monsters, Qi Miao: Thanks for asking. There's the old woman who looks for people to take her place in death, the widowed father raising a daughter, the little kid who likes bouncing a ball, the zombie family that holds spirit-summoning rituals, the ghost in a horse-face 624Reads8.9Score10614d adds
39. 539 总 The CEO Can't Get Enough of Me 总裁大人对我欲罢不能 Warm Times with Lin林暖时光11k WordsCompleted The CEO Can’t Get Enough of Me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 540 阴 The Yinshan School: From Ghost-Hunting Jobs to Founding a Daoist Sect 阴山法脉：从接单捉鬼到称宗道祖 Become a God Through the Left Path左道成神Urban264k WordsCompleted (Thriller) + (Supernatural) + (Mystery) + (Horror) + (Ghost Hunting) + (Exorcism) + (Feng Shui) + (Showing Off in Public) The sole heir of the Yinshan Sect's 37th generation! He inherits a dilapidated Taoist temple. Armed with half a ghost seal and three pages of a fragmentary manual, his cultivation is mediocre at best, yet he relies on the Yinshan Sect's secret arts to hunt ghosts and exorcise evil! Is orthodox Taoism hostile to him? Are Southeast Asian sorcerers causing trouble? Do vengeful s 3Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 541 半 Half Human, Half Ghost, Half Immortal 半人，半鬼，半长生 A Wisp of Smoke on Paper一纸轻烟Mystery327k WordsOngoing [Kill, never save] [Do as he pleases] [Ruthless ghost hunting] [Readers who mind women appearing, beware] Ye Changge, a half-immortal who has lived from the Ming Dynasty to the present day, was tortured and altered from childhood, leaving him with a brutally cruel disposition. After escaping his captors, he thought he could live in peace in a small mountain village. Instead, the villagers mistook him for a monster and threw him into the water. After repeatedly dying and coming back to life, he w 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist has two souls within him, which are later transformed into a semi-immortal by a mysterious person. He has lived since the Ming Dynasty, and his exorcisms involve killing rather than saving ghosts. He has no harem. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

42. 542 九 Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺 Ninth Master九当家Mystery3.5M WordsOngoing The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me... 9.5kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds

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    The best book ever! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

43. 543 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I Started Cultivating from the Start, and Every Female Ghost Wants to Marry Me 港综：开局修仙，女鬼都想嫁给我 Become a God Through the Left Path左道成神Mystery286k WordsCompleted Sadako crawls out of The Ring and hands him a love letter. “Sir, I would be honored to cook for you.” A red-clad female ghost from a funeral home clings to him, her eyes sparkling. “Master, why not take me on as your little sidekick?” Even the wrongfully killed heiress of a wealthy family and a fox spirit who has cultivated for a thousand years come knocking, all hoping to marry him! Faced with a parade of stunning female ghosts desperately pursuing him, Lin Chen rubs his forehead helplessly. “ 202Reads—Score—14d adds
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45. 545 繁 When the Glory Fades, Nothing Remains 繁华落尽终是一场空 Warm Times with Lin林暖时光Modern Romance28k WordsCompleted When all the splendor fades, nothing remains but emptiness —Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 546 云 Smoke Rises from the Kitchen in the Deep Clouds 云深炊烟起 Warm Times with Lin林暖时光Modern Romance143k WordsOngoing After retiring, Old Wu digs out a yellowed ledger filled with twenty years of favors and gift money: who gave what, who still owes him, all meticulously tallied. He thought he would spend the rest of his life counting every penny, until he met a young man from Shaanxi crying by the roadside, an elderly woman named Zhao living alone, and Old Liu, who had broken his leg… He began to understand that some debts can be calculated, but some kindnesses can never be repaid. From then on, Old Wu keeps a —Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 547 武 Mad for the Martial Way: Eat People to Get Stronger, That’s Too Xuanhuan 武道疯魔：吃人就变强，太玄幻了 Become a God Through the Left Path左道成神Eastern Fantasy238k WordsCompleted (Fantasy) + (Martial Arts Training) + (Wild Imagination) + (Cthulhu) + (Cannibalism) + (Martial Dao) + (Decisive and Ruthless) Martial arts are inferior to cultivation? Body tempering and opening meridians are impossibly difficult? Thanks for asking. I just finished eating an Old God. Now bring me a cultivator for dessert. A secret realm is crawling with tentacled horrors? Take one bite in a desperate moment and refine it directly into the source of martial power! Devour the bizarre and level up 2Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 548 劫EN Heavenly Calamity 劫天运 Dreams Adrift Through the Years浮梦流年Mystery21.6M WordsOngoing I was schemed against before I was even born. I was born with all five yin traits and naturally attracted vicious ghosts. A knowledgeable fortune-teller said I wouldn’t live past seven, and that after I died, someone would turn me into a blood-clothed child ghost to harm others. To save me, my grandmother arranged for me to marry a child bride, and I was able to live in peace... I’d been scraping by since childhood, and had long since grown used to enduring whatever came my way. But my grandmoth 12.4kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds

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    "My father died when he was only seven!" If someone told you they could bring a dead person back to life, would you believe it? My name is Long Chengfeng, and I shouldn't have been born, simply because my father was dead! The villagers often say, "The Long family boy died when he was seven! No one knows what kind of evil magic his father, Long Changming, used to bring him back to life and even find him a beautiful wife..."

49. 549 无 The Unrivaled Chronicle of the Classic Historian 无双典史传 General Who Subdues the Rebels破虏将军Mystery619k WordsCompleted A thrilling mystery! A young county investigator’s legendary crime-solving career! Chen Xun possesses the secret art of the Heavenly Eye. In just three short years, he rids the region of bandits and thieves, making a name for himself! Just when he thinks everything is finally going well and looks forward to marrying the beauty of his dreams, one murder after another takes place: In full view of everyone, a murder occurs inside the Guanyin Hall. The suspect is the last person anyone would expect. 134Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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    A minor official with extraordinary abilities! Full of suspense and unexpected twists!

50. 550 阴 The Yin-Yang Lady Seer 阴阳女先生 Warm Times with Lin林暖时光Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted I accidentally brought a female ghost back to life, even though she’d been dead for three years. But her fingernails were rotten, and she grabbed me, asking if I could treat them. I rolled my eyes. Lady, I’m a yin-yang practitioner, not a dermatologist. I can draw talismans, send spirits on their way, read feng shui, and pass messages between the worlds of the living and the dead. The one thing I never learned was how to treat skin diseases in the newly revived dead. The longer I worked in this 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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