Novels About a Female Shop Owner Who Specializes in Solving Supernatural Cases 女主是店铺的老板，专门解决灵异事件的小说

1. 51 我 I Am a Female Physiognomist 我是女相师 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery893k WordsCompleted I was born in the twelfth lunar month of 1991, and came into the world with six fingers. The saying that people born in the Year of the Sheep have bad luck somehow became attached to me. Before I could even speak, my family sent me to live with my grandaunt, who ran a shop selling paper offerings and burial clothes. My grandaunt said I had a star spirit in my fate, and the Vermilion Bird would come to my aid. What did it matter if my destiny was cursed? As the saying goes: The Azure Dragon and W 13.2kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
2. 52 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Chinese Folk Customs] [Unorthodox Trade] [Tales of Evil Objects] [No Romance] This is a strange pawnshop that deals exclusively in sinister objects with special value! When something goes against the natural order, evil must be at work! Some things simply should not exist in this world! Coins stuffed into the mouths of the dead, an executioner's blade, grave mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! T 277kReads9.4Score23.7kShelves

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   See? If you don't like it, don't blame me. I recommend the first book.

3. 53 妖 The Monster Gift Shop 妖怪礼物店 Ordinary Qichi普通的栖迟Urban168k WordsCompleted [Urban + fantasy + monsters + healing + romance] Jian Xing is a monster, and she was once a member of the Association for Managing Monsters in the Human World. To find her fiancé, who suddenly disappeared a hundred years ago, she quit her job and came to the human world, where she opened this monster gift shop. Later, a werewolf security guard joined the shop, followed by a vampire working part-time and a puppy mascot... Together, they welcomed many customers looking for special gifts. Behind ev 1.6kReads9.6Score316Shelves
4. 54 我 I'm a Merchant in a World of Horror 我在惊悚世界当商人 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Some people trade in the living, while others trade in the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, joss paper, burial clothes, or paper offerings. I sell things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger… 2.6kReads8.8Score262Shelves
5. 55 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... 1.8kReads8.6Score194Shelves
6. 56 我 I'm the Boss of a Haunted Shop 我在鬼怪店里当老板 Hatake Tutu Cun旗木土土寸Two Male Leads306k WordsCompleted When Xue Ming was eight, he became the owner of the Wanwusheng shop. From then on, a little lamb appeared by his side. And this little lamb turned out to be Taotie, one of the four ancient ferocious beasts?! Taotie’s three daily routines: sleep, have Xue Ming hold me while I sleep, and hold Xue Ming while I sleep. Shopkeeper Xue Ming’s three daily routines: sell goods, hold Taotie, and sell goods while holding Taotie. Then one day, the little lamb transformed into a handsome, six-foot-three hunk 3.3kReads9.4Score499Shelves
7. 57 午 The Midnight General Store 午夜杂货铺 Sunflower in the Garden园中葵Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted “Welcome to the Underworld General Store. Here, you’ll find merchandise unlike anything else, along with extraordinary service…” I run a midnight general store and work as a professional spirit walker, moving between the worlds of yin and yang. In the pitch-black night, I deal in things that must never be spoken of. Then one day, a strange customer dressed head to toe in red came in, and that was when the real horror began… 7.2kReads8.4Score571Shelves
8. 58 阴 The Yin-Yang Hot Pot Restaurant 阴阳火锅店 Yan Huo炎火Mystery806k WordsCompleted I took over a hot pot restaurant from my second uncle. He told me never to serve customers a yuan yang hot pot after midnight! After I took over the place, everything I believed in began to crumble... One night, I wasn't paying attention and served a couple a yuan yang hot pot. The next day, I saw in the newspaper that the couple had died! They'd jumped to their deaths together! After that, every night at midnight, a strange couple would appear in my restaurant and ask me to make them a yuan yan 676Reads7.7Score—Shelves
9. 59 妖 A Record of Eating Demons 妖食记 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance632k WordsCompleted The Wuwei Inn flourishes because people in this world always have so many wishes. Birth, aging, sickness, death; resentment, hatred, love, and feuds; love and separation; life and death. The demons at the Wuwei Inn love to feast on these human joys and sorrows. Long Sanniang is stunningly beautiful. She's a shop owner, a fine cook, and a guide. Her life is long and dull, so she opens a restaurant to hear people's stories and, along the way, take in a handsome young general. Open the most distinc 3.8kReads9.4Score698Shelves

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   🍀①The female protagonist runs a restaurant, witnessing the full spectrum of human nature, from demons to humans, and criticizing the capricious and treacherous.💥Every character in the book is vivid and well-developed, spanning from ancient times to the modern era—it's fantastic!💥

10. 60 百 The Hundred Demon Manual 百妖谱 Shaluo Shuangshu裟椤双树Ancient Romance165k WordsCompleted A man, a monk, and a fox wander the world, laughing and arguing along the way. White demons, countless affairs, and every kind of human emotion: a world of strange wonders and the warmth and hardships of human life. 10.4kReads9.5Score2.2kShelves
11. 61 黄 Yellow Springs Inn 黄泉客栈 Yue Qingyun岳青云Mystery625k WordsCompleted One day, a construction crew was blasting a path through a mountain when the explosives engineer suddenly felt an ominous premonition. The mountain collapsed, splitting open to reveal a seal buried for thousands of years deep within its heart. A towering crystal pillar, strange runes, and the seal’s sudden explosion blurred everyone’s vision. When they came to, they no longer knew where they were... Thus began a tale buried for thousands of years! 35Reads7.2Score—Shelves
12. 62 玄 The Mystical Master Plays by Her Own Rules, Bringing Both the Living and the Dead to Tears 玄学大佬路子野，虐哭阴阳两界 Little Ruan阮妹妹Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + Comedy + Power Couple + Livestream + Sweet Romance] A beautiful, unconventional, carefree powerhouse × a sweet, quiet, lawless cutie Shang Qiuzhi has no birth chart, and her fate is unknown. Abandoned by her birth parents at birth, she was taken in and raised by a woman who guides spirits of the dead. She has a peculiar constitution. No matter how many scriptures or Taoist arts she learns, she can't put them into practice. With no other choice, Shang Qiuzhi gives up and takes life 7.2kReads9.3Score967Shelves

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13. 63 嫁 Married to a Dragon 嫁龙作夫 Yangyang殃殃Mystery505k WordsCompleted The year I was born, a dragon fell from the sky and landed in the mountains behind our village. Eighteen years later, my grandmother hanged herself from the crooked locust tree at the village entrance with a length of rope. The villagers all said the Dragon King was taking a bride, and that my grandmother had defied him and suffered retribution. After the entire village nailed me into a black coffin and buried me alive, that thing violated me. Only then did I realize that things were far more co 1.7kReads9.0Score191Shelves

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    The year I was born, a dragon fell from the mountain behind our village. Eighteen years later, my maternal grandmother was found hanging from the crooked locust tree at the village entrance by a hemp rope. The villagers said the Dragon King had taken a wife, and my grandmother had defied his will, suffering retribution. After I was nailed into a black coffin and buried alive by the entire village, and my body was defiled by that thing, I realized things were far more complicated than I had imagined… The sins committed by a village must be repaid. And I am that person who must pay the debt… (Read the main text)

14. 64 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Mystery423k 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 709Reads8.1Score116Shelves

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    A colleague's friend's house has a door that turns black at night. Lin Feng was asked to help check it out. She stood at the door, listening to the people inside say that the door makes strange noises at night. She just smiled and said that she was just an ordinary office worker, but the moment she raised her hand, the shadow of the black door receded inch by inch.

15. 65 沉 Incense Beneath the Waters 沉水引香 Orange Half-Moon橘月半Ancient Romance256k WordsCompleted At Sinking Fragrance Pavilion, on an old street in Jiangnan, Su Shenshui uses incense to guide those burdened by obsession. Fragrant powders, balms, and sachets all contain spiritual power, and must be exchanged for memories, years of life, talent, or other prices. Visitors seek to return home, gain fame, reunite with loved ones, atone for their sins, find protection, or make up for past regrets. Drawn in and struck back by the fragrances, they come to see the human heart, understand their obses 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All fragrant things in the world possess a spirit, and forced relationships will eventually backfire. The embroiderer burned the embroidered sachet to let go of her illusions, and Master Liu drank the resurrection incense to face the truth. The story of the sinking pavilion tells us that obsession is like incense; too much will eventually choke you.

16. 66 玄 [Tycoon] The Feng Shui Master Who Spends Money to Stay Alive 【神豪】玄学大佬全靠花钱续命 Einstein赛因斯坦斯Modern Romance710k WordsOngoing ★ Wealthy heroine + leveling-up System + livestream donations + powerful families + occult ghost-hunting + urban legends + ordinary woman (?) adored by everyone ★ The novel has just begun, so its rating will improve later. Also known as: [A Sickly, Beloved Heroine Plays the Dark Hero Online] ◇ Zuo Zhenchao had lived for twenty years, and she was not only dirt-poor but also sickly. On the day a doctor officially gave her a death sentence, a “wealthy System” found her and said that spending money 263Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    It's super good! The first one doesn't have a shop but is part of a ghost-hunting group, and there are many male leads. The second one has a shop, and it's also very good.

17. 67 丧 When the Funeral Dance Begins, the Living Must Flee 丧舞起，活人避 Fang Zhihe Yue-方知鹤月-Mystery246k WordsOngoing The Red Luan chapter of The Book of a Thousand Autumns, also known as Red Luan Ferry [Folk Professions + Southern Yunnan Mysticism + Paranormal Folklore + Strange Tales] I was supposed to die when I was six, but I joined a sect to prolong my life. A folk sect in southern Yunnan: warding off evil spirits and guiding the dead. There are countless rules and taboos in our line of work. “When the funeral dance begins, the living must stay away.” When the funeral dance is performed, the living must tu 207Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 68 玄 A Mystic Sect Master Transmigrates into a Book as the Real Heiress, and the Whole Family Faces Retribution 玄门大佬穿书真千金，全员火葬场 Nineteenth Hall十九殿Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + wish-fulfillment + no romance + livestreaming + secret identity + fortune-telling + a touch of ensemble cast + everyone gets their comeuppance, no forgiveness] Xi Jiudu, sect leader of the Mystic School, failed her tribulation and transmigrated into a book as the biological daughter who was doomed to be cannon fodder in a pampered-daughter story. The heroine, meanwhile, was the adopted daughter, Xi Cha. Father Xi: “Xi Jiu, listen carefully. Whatever you do, Cha Cha will always be 2.1kReads8.1Score261Shelves

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    The female streamer, who has no shop but is incredibly powerful, specializes in solving all sorts of paranormal events. She's a master of metaphysics, strong in the early stages and even more powerful later on.

19. 69 快 Quick Transmigration: Soul Hunter by Trade, Slaughtering My Way Through the Mortal World 快穿：专职猎魂，我在人间杀疯了 Painting Shadows into Jade画影为瑶Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [One story per chapter] + [Strong heroine] + [Putting scumbags in their place] + [No romance] + [Satisfying read] The heroine, Situ Banmeng, is a soul hunter by profession. Her current mission is to travel to different worlds and collect the souls of evildoers. Once the souls are collected, she leaves without looking back. One story per chapter, no dragging things out. There are all kinds of evildoers in this world. Some are wicked through and through, while others were forced into evil by circ 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a soul hunter who collects evil spirits; she's quite good.

20. 70 玄 Edict of the Mystic Eye 玄瞳敕令 Crimson Snowfirefly绛雪萤Mystery928k WordsOngoing [Chinese-Style Horror + Urban Cultivation + Livestream Fame + Ghost-Tormenting Face-Slapping + No Romance + “Easygoing Girl” + Episodic Story] My family runs a shop called the Worry-Free Pavilion, but our business deals with the realms of the living and the dead. One day, after delivering some clothes, I took a shortcut and stepped onto a long street where dawn would never come. A ghost wedding palanquin passed by, and ghosts roamed the night. I blended in, hoping to get home without drawing att 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In my book, the female protagonist inherits her family's white shop, [Forget-Worry Pavilion]. While delivering goods on her way home, she takes a shortcut and accidentally enters a real ghost world—the Ghost Realm of a Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Ghost King—through a small alley.

21. 71 七 Perfume Atelier No. 7 七号调香馆 Mint Seed薄荷子Modern Romance722k WordsCompleted Legend has it that there is a perfumery in this world that makes a living selling fragrances to help people weave their dreams. Nan Zhu, the owner of the shop, is investigated by criminal police captain Yan Yi after becoming entangled in a bizarre string of murders. A novel that keeps offering clues, a mysterious and unknown force, and grudges dating back a thousand years are all brought to light through a series of strange cases... Open the perfumery’s case files, and among the contracts of eve 78Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a perfume shop owner, and the male lead is a policeman. They have a strong sense of destiny. Highly recommended!

22. 72 算 My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, Even Foreign Clients Weep and Call Me a Master 算命太准，外国客户都哭着喊大佬 Sugarcoat糖衣衣Modern Romance3.8M WordsOngoing [Fortune-telling, feng shui, the occult, ghost-hunting, no romance, episodic stories] After a great calamity, Lin Xi, the ninth-generation female leader of the Taixuan Sect, arrives a thousand years in the future. She becomes the granddaughter of the sect’s last disciple and inherits a rundown feng shui shop. With the sect in decline and the occult arts fading away, Lin Xi begins her quest to restore the sect from the shop no one ever visits. Fortune-telling, divination, feng shui, exorcisms, an 46.9kReads9.0Score4.8kShelves

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    The female protagonist doesn't rely on a system or a spatial dimension. When she makes judgments based on facial features, she doesn't go into too much detail. It's more realistic and traditional than those stories that describe the future in great detail. It's not a filler story that tries to increase the word count. The language is plain and easy to understand.

23. 73 玄 The Little Ancestor of the Mystical Sect Has Returned from Cultivation 玄门小祖宗修仙回来了 Rampaging Moon暴走月亮Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication]+ [Metaphysical fantasy, urban supernatural, mystery and crime-solving, ensemble cast, sweet romance, 1v1 (there is a male lead, but he’s basically just set dressing!)] After returning from the cultivation world, Yuan Jiu becomes the junior grandmaster of Guiyuan Temple. There are only two people in the whole temple, and it’s three hundred million in debt. After looking over the bills, Yuan Jiu just wants to give up on the spot. But if she doesn’t repay her debt 21.2kReads9.3Score3.1kShelves
24. 74 什 What? That Pretty Young Lady Can Catch Ghosts! 什么？那个漂亮小姐姐会抓鬼！ The Fish Learning to Fly学飞行的鱼Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted The animated series "Call Me Lord Wuchang" is now available on 🍎 [Metaphysics + wild imagination + romance + powerful duo + satisfying read] You Zhi is a fair-skinned, beautiful, gentle and obedient college student in public. At night, she becomes the Yang Wuchang, hooking souls and catching ghosts. Other students’ part-time jobs: streamer, online shop clerk, model, writer... You Zhi’s part-time job: hooking souls and catching ghosts... P.S. A strong female lead, and a strong male lead too. A 18.9kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves

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    1. The protagonist is the owner of the Wanwusheng store; the author's writing is excellent, with no major flaws throughout. 2. The plot is similar to Hotel Del Luna and The Eighth Pawnshop. 3. The female lead is a bit slow-witted before she becomes more perceptive. 4. Justice may be delayed, but it arrives; the female lead is capable and not overly naive. 5. The female lead is both adorable and strong, and the supernatural stories unfold one after another.

25. 75 玄 The True Heiress of the Mystic Arts: I Opened an Incense Shop in the Rich Family 玄门真千金：我在豪门开香火铺 Shao Ai少艾Modern Romance486k WordsOngoing [Entirely fictional. Please do not take it seriously.] [Metaphysics + ghost-catching + face-slapping wish-fulfillment + wealthy families] Recently, a huge scandal rocked the city of Huaizhou: the Jiang family discovered that the daughter they had doted on was actually the nanny's younger brother's child, while their biological daughter had been left in the countryside, where she had long since abandoned her studies and was running a small incense shop on her own. The whole story of a magpie tak 1.1kReads7.6Score204Shelves
26. 76 最 The Last Female Mystic 最后一个女玄术师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted When Ye Simei was five, a fortune-teller told her she was born with a bewitching beauty and destined to become a canary in some powerful man's cage. Ye Simei: Have the powerful gotten too cocky, or do you think I, Ye Simei, can't wield a blade anymore? 1.9kReads9.0Score263Shelves

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    "Let's break up," the handsome man sitting across the table said calmly. Ye Simei felt a bitter pang in her heart; this moment had finally come. The man's name was Jing Shaochuan, from the prestigious Jing family of Kyoto. For some reason, he chose to attend university in Dachuan City, a small place. Although Dachuan College was a national 985 university, with his grades and intelligence, attending Tsinghua University or Kyoto University wouldn't have been a problem. He became a popular figure on campus as soon as he enrolled, attracting countless girls' secret crushes. Ye Simei was one of them. But she came from a humble background, and although she was pretty, she wasn't a stunning beauty. Daydreaming was just a fantasy; she never thought it would come true. Until graduation day, after attending the school's graduation party, she saw her dream man in front of her, and her heart started racing. Should she go up and say something? She had liked him for four years, but hadn't even said a word to him—it was too tragic. She comforted herself, thinking that just saying hello would fulfill a wish. A beautiful dream that ended before it even began. Just as she mustered her courage and stepped forward, a hooded man strode over. Ye Simei glanced at him and noticed a cold glint in his sleeve. It was a knife! He was after Jing Shaochuan! In that instant, she disregarded everything and rushed forward like a madwoman, shielding him. The knife in the man's hand pierced her right arm, and blood gushed out immediately.

27. 77 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves

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    Suspense lovers, come quick! In "The Short-Lived Ghost of the Xie Family Lived to Be a Hundred," Yan Sanhe, who helps the dead exorcise their inner demons, becomes entangled with Xie Sanye. Everyone says Xie Sanye will die young, yet he begins to use all sorts of tricks to please his wife. What secrets lie behind this? The thoughts of the dead and the wishes of the living—the story awaits your discovery!

28. 78 古 An Ancient Road Trip: Meeting All Kinds of Transmigrators 古代公路文：遇见各种穿越者 Youyou Doesn't Eat Spicy Food柚柚不吃辣Ancient Romance569k WordsCompleted [Romance + wild imagination + xuanhuan] A great many people transmigrated into the ancient world, terrifying the imperial court, which launched operations to lure them out, track them down, and hunt them down. Yu Yang had been here for twelve years. By all rights, she should have been dead by now. But after fainting one day, she suddenly gained the ability to see transmigrators through the Taiyin Black Ledger, and people blessed with fortune through signs of good and bad luck. She even learned h 3kReads9.4Score495Shelves

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    A siege by time travelers! She judges good and evil with her black book, determining life and death based on fortune and misfortune.

29. 79 异 Heterochromatic-Eyed Ghost Tamer: A Thousand Ghosts Have Had Their Eyes on Me Since Birth 异瞳御鬼师：我从出生时就被万鬼惦记上了 A Cup of Green Tea with No Tea一杯绿茶不加茶Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted An Ning was born on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, with an extremely yin constitution born of a yin year, yin month, and yin day. She was born with heterochromatic eyes. On the night of her birth, violent winds and torrential rain swept through the village as ghosts roamed the streets. By morning, every villager had died in their home. Fortunately, Zhang Qijun arrived in time to save and adopt her from the vengeful evil spirits that filled the village. Most ghost tamers of the Gho 29Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 我 My Convenience Store Has Ghosts, and They're All Poor Things! 我的便利店有鬼，都是可怜鬼！ Street Season Carnival Night街季狂欢夜Modern Romance271k WordsCompleted [No CP + No Male Lead + Convenience Store + Ensemble Cast + Transmigration + Getting Rich] I hadn’t even graduated from college when my unscrupulous parents forced me to take over a convenience store, claiming it was all in the family. Is it really so wrong to read a little horror fiction in the middle of the night? But can someone tell me why there are ghosts in the store? I have to serve humans and ghosts? And gods in the future, too?! Hungry ghosts? Eat up, then go reincarnate! Amnesiac ghost 72Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A perfectly good convenience store is suddenly visited by an uninvited guest. It turns out the female protagonist's family has a lineage of wish-granting spirits, dedicated to granting wishes to ghosts with whom they have a karmic connection. Supernatural events keep the protagonist very busy.

31. 81 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Is It Normal to Let You See Ghosts from the Start? 直播算命：开局让你见鬼很正常吧 Yuan Lege Yuan元了个圆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fortune-telling livestream + No CP + Strong heroine + Judgment] Jiang Tang, a mighty expert from the mystic arts sect, transmigrates to the modern world and becomes an online sensation through her fortune-telling livestreams! She doesn’t tell fortunes. She reveals truths that send chills down your spine. “Master, is the person sitting across from me on the subway a corpse?” Jiang Tang: “They escaped from a funeral home. Their makeup is pretty good.” A drug lord calls in asking for help findin 17.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
32. 82 淦 Damn! To Stay Alive, This Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Demon Has to Get Married 淦！为活命，这万年老妖非嫁不可 Yi Luo苡洛Mystery526k WordsCompleted [Ghosts and monsters + mysticism and feng shui + two powerful leads + suspense and the supernatural] Born in a coffin and possessing an all-yin constitution, she inherited the family business and opened a paper shop. From then on, trouble came in every form, both human and supernatural. Soul-nurturing cages, life-extending umbrellas, paper charms to dispel evil… With her family’s paper-crafting art, she subdues ghosts, vanquishes demons, and turns feng shui to her advantage. Her sixteen-characte 798Reads8.7Score109Shelves
33. 83 震 The World Is Stunned: My Haunted House Connects to the Underworld 震撼全球，我的鬼屋通地府 Yellow Kitty黄色的猫咪Modern Romance731k WordsCompleted Complete [cathartic power fantasy + play the pig to eat the tiger + powerful protagonist + punishing scum + ghosts and monsters + business management] Terminally ill with cancer, Li Miao meets a Taoist priest who tells her that she’s been plagued by bad luck and is near death because someone stole her fate. The only way to survive and reclaim her fate is to return to her hometown and inherit a haunted house. She assumes it’s just an ordinary haunted house, but when she arrives, she discovers 27.5kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves

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    The female protagonist's luck was stolen by her uncle's family. After being diagnosed with cancer, she met a Taoist priest who told her that if she wanted to live, she had to return to her hometown to inherit the haunted house. She initially thought it was an ordinary haunted house, but upon arrival, she discovered it was anything but... Highly rated and incredibly good! Go for it!

34. 84 继 After Inheriting the Fortune-Telling Shop, I Shock the Nation with My Readings 继承香火铺后，我靠算命震惊全国 Daily Updates Without Fail日更不辍Modern Romance461k WordsOngoing [Fortune-telling + face reading + ghost-catching + talisman-drawing + no romance] When Lin Leshui closed her eyes, she was still in the war-torn 1930s. When she awoke, nearly a century had passed, and she had been reborn in the body of a foolish little girl, an empty shell missing parts of her three souls and seven spirits. She initially thought she had returned to life in someone else's body, but unexpectedly discovered that this was her own reincarnation. In this life, her grandmother had used 42Reads8.2Score—Shelves
35. 85 开 Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢 Cheng Jiajia程加加Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r 60.1kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves

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    🍇🍇Mysticism + Thrilling Read + Sweet Romance🍃🍬🍃🍬First Book🌸🌸 Everyone in the circle says that the newly reunited eldest daughter of the Su family is a menace. A single sentence can cause a family to fall apart, go bankrupt, and end up in jail, so everyone avoids her. Not only that, she opened a Taoist temple, offering fortune telling, face reading, feng shui consultations, selling talismans, and exorcising ghosts—doing all sorts of shady and fraudulent things! Later, it was rumored that the eldest daughter of the Su family had offended the powerful Third Master of the Yuan family. Everyone waited for Su Jin to finish. They waited and waited… and then they received the news that Su Jin was engaged to the Third Master Yuan! The Third Master Yuan openly declared in the circle: "My wife is young and doesn't know any better, don't bully her." Everyone, "?" Who's blind enough to dare bully her?

36. 86 北 The Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma Clan 北马小神童 Northeastern Old Snow Beer东北老雪花Mystery344k WordsCompleted A strange story set in a small town ninety years later. The heroine begins her shamanic calling at thirteen. On the day she was born, all the fox, yellow weasel, white weasel, willow, and rat spirits within a ten-kilometer radius knelt to welcome her. Then came a series of miraculous experiences. 10.6kReads9.5Score947Shelves
37. 87 渡 The Soul Ferry Lantern 渡魂灯 July Wife七月妻Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + mildly scary + episodic stories, a fast-paced ghost-hunting romp with all kinds of tricks!] Fire runs in my veins, and I'm cursed to bring bad luck. When I was fifteen, my father kicked me out. To survive, I climbed into a stone tomb. The strange knocking at the door of the funeral home at midnight, The body that mysteriously vanished after a fatal car crash, A headless old man, a talking human skin, and haunted schools and skyscrapers... I guide five-element spirits onward and f 18.1kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
38. 88 让 I Was Asked to Tell Fortunes, So Why Am I Solving Crimes and Saving the World Too? 让你算命，你破案救世五项全能？ Scorching Sun赤日炎炎Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + fortune-telling + solving cases + ghost-hunting + no romance + supernatural revival] Ye Chu, a crazed powerhouse from the world of metaphysics, was reborn into the body of a university student in another world who had the same name. Unfortunately, the girl was destined to die young, so Ye Chu fell back on her old trade: livestreaming fortune-telling, punishing the wicked, and driving away misfortune for good people to earn merit and prolong her life. “Master, my daughter has bee 1.8kReads9.1Score197Shelves
39. 89 惊 Spine-Chilling Mysteries: This Beautiful Female Celestial Master Plays by Her Own Rules 惊悚诡事，这个女天师人美路子野 The Cabbage Bun Isn't Cabbage菜包子不菜Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Jiayi. I was born in 1996. Because my life force was weak, ghosts haunted me from childhood, and everyone in the village thought I was an idiot. They poured dirty water on me, called me a jinx, and swore I wouldn’t live past eighteen. But I believe in gods and ghosts. The one thing I don’t believe in is fate. To stay alive, I became a disciple of a spiritual master. I fought to change my fate, with talismans in one hand and a peachwood sword in the other. From then on Vengef 13.9kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
40. 90 黑 Black Cat General Store 黑猫杂货铺 September九月Modern Romance885k WordsCompleted The Black Cat General Store trades one item for another. Whatever you desire, it can provide... My friend, have you heard of the Black Cat General Store? It is a place of trade in another world, where desire is exchanged for desire. Whatever you want can be found here. Money, power, beauty, luck... As long as you are willing, anything is possible... 147Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Super good! The female lead is incredibly strong, and the stories are bizarre, fantastical, and incredibly interesting. The first book: The female lead, after saving a black cat, gets caught up in a pre-written story in a magical general store. Every item has its own meaning, and what you exchange is your seemingly insignificant yet most precious wealth. Entering the general store comes at a price. "Black Cat General Store, barter for goods, whatever you desire, may be fulfilled." The second book: Bai Zhou learns the five Taoist arts—"Mountain, Medicine, Physiognomy, Fate, and Divination"—and navigates a world rife with mystery. It's truly captivating. What I admire most about this novel is its realism. It's filled with many allusions and legends, making it believable. The more you read, the more real it feels, including the human relationships and social dynamics. It feels like the author has experienced these things firsthand to achieve such authenticity. The third book: Similar to the infinite flow genre, each short story is tightly woven with a central theme, neither exaggerated nor superficial. Humanity, demons, and immortals all return to the righteous energy of heaven and earth.

41. 91 真 The Real Heiress Is a Mystical Master, and She’s Impossible to Kill! 真千金是玄门大佬，超难杀！ Sangyu Poetry and Wine桑榆诗酒Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Metaphysics Expert + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Strong Female Lead + Ghost Hunting + Powerful Families + The Ex Who Begs for Forgiveness] Jiang Wanyi, a prodigy of the mystic arts, accidentally transmigrated into a small world during a secret-realm trial and became the biological daughter abandoned by a wealthy family. Branded a “cursed loner” by a fortune-teller, she was sent to a Taoist temple and left there for twenty years! On her first day back with her birth family, the driver kicked the 16.6kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    I recommend this, it's beautiful! [Laughs][heart emoji]

42. 92 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
43. 93 我 I’m the Landlord of a Haunted Building, Welcome to Building Three 我在鬼楼当房东，欢迎入住三号楼 Jin Shanghua锦尚花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No romance + satisfying story + exceptionally strong heroine + no hesitation in punishing scumbags On her eighteenth birthday, Yu Zhi had her inheritance stolen by the impostor parents who had usurped her place, then was brutally murdered in a dark alley. But just when she thought she had died, she came back to life and gained the ability to never age or die. After personally killing the impostor parents and their family, Yu Zhi sold her biological parents’ inheritance, moved to a small town, an 3.9kReads9.1Score722Shelves
44. 94 缚 Gu Gu Fang: Settling the Karma of Antiquities 缚古坊：了断古物因果 Planet Soda星球气泡水Mystery132k WordsOngoing An antique shop on Funeral Street settles the worldly karma of spiritual artifacts. Using their special powers, it helps those destined for them advance their official careers. Azure Dragon God, Swollen-Belly Ox, Chicken Spirit Protector, Nine-Tailed Fox Who Changes Fate, Azure Sky Serpent... They say a new owner has arrived at Fugufang, and a god is always at their side... 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The book [Flying Kiss] tells the story of a series of strange events that occur when a petrified chicken skull is unearthed from a chicken farm. A hen crows in the middle of the night, and a thin woman is seen as a tall man. Behind the ghostly illusion lies the resentment of a centuries-old spirit. The female shopkeeper follows the clues back to the past and learns that this spirit was once a loyal hen that died tragically while protecting its master.

45. 95 穿 I Transmigrated and Became a Mom, Mastering Both Mystical Arts and Paper Effigies 穿越喜当妈，玄学扎纸两手抓 Flowers Bloom in the Demon Realm花开魔间Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural arts + alternate setting + romance] Nie Qing woke up one morning to find herself in the body of a scrawny, sallow-faced woman who was apparently someone’s “mom.” How come everyone else who transmigrates gets doted on by their whole family or becomes a tycoon, while she’s broke and living in a dump? When she rode down the road in a green, rickety horse-drawn cart, she left everyone gaping. When she set up a stall to do business, people actually mistook her for offering special serv 2.4kReads9.1Score310Shelves

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    [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing][Laughing][Laughing][Laughing]

46. 96 我 I Pledged Myself to a Slacker, and the Metaphysics Master’s Secret Identity Was Exposed 我与咸鱼画押，玄学大佬马甲被扒 Oolong Milk Cap Tea奶盖乌龙茶Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [No romance + mysticism + a cast of lovable goofballs + spiritual qi revival + a little wish fulfillment + secret identities + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite] Gu Juanyan transmigrates into a novel about secret identities as a fake heiress side character with her brain in her backside. All she does is court death and give the heroine chances to face-slap her. After learning her situation, Gu Juanyan decides to keep out of trouble and live like a lazy fish. She had hoped to coast t 14.8kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
47. 97 诡 The Demon Rental Contract 诡契约之恶魔出租 The Devil Who Got Rich Overnight一夜暴富的恶魔Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Demon Rental Shop. What wish would you like to have granted? Revenge? Money? Power? Love? Or any other desire? If you want it, the demons will make it happen. Of course, everything comes at a price. 14.5kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
48. 98 万 All Paths Lead to the Netherworld 万法归宗幽冥路 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban441k WordsCompleted The male lead regains his youth and cultivates immortality while working as a gatekeeper at an art school. He has eight immortal senior sisters from the Maoshan School’s Zhengyi Sect, an adorable little fox from Qingqiu Mountain, and Jiegeng, a thousand-year-old demoness. The capital’s number-one Grand Princess comes looking for a hug from him every night. 182Reads—Score106Shelves

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    A masterpiece of unparalleled skill.

49. 99 返 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 Yin Qianchen银千臣Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 1.7kReads7.9Score107Shelves
50. 100 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score101Shelves

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    A hardcore horror-themed Chinese supernatural film, *Tianxuan Supernatural Agency*, features ghostly magic that harms people, ancient village sacrifices that nurture evil spirits, and wandering ghosts that relentlessly claim lives. A master swordsman slays all evil, his vertical pupils revealing the filth of the human world. There are no heartwarming whitewashes throughout; only direct confrontation with the evil in human nature and the malevolent forces of the underworld. The episodes are tightly paced and explosive, with high-energy scenes constantly unfolding in the underworld. A must-see for hardcore supernatural fans!

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