A Badass Female Lead Who Can Catch Ghosts and Has an Impressive Background 女主特别飒，能捉鬼，身份厉害

1. 401 锦 Mr. Embroidered Uniform Guard, You Dropped Your Cigarette 锦衣卫先生你烟掉了 Drizzling Evening Rain暮雨潇潇Modern Romance989k WordsCompleted Xiang Niannian is an expert in restoring ancient paintings and calligraphy, and runs a small gallery to make ends meet. Unlike other experts, the figures in the paintings she touches come to life. Each one stays in the human world for seven days, then returns to the page after fulfilling a wish. Only that Jin Yi Guard refuses to leave, shamelessly lingering around her. “Visitor’s Guide to Gallery No. 13” 1. That live-action Calabash Brothers lookalike is not Wang Zulan. Don’t ask him for an aut 683Reads9.2Score12714d adds

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   Recommended by seasoned bookworms~

2. 402 开 From the Start, I Rode a Rooster to Beat Up Vengeful Ghosts 开局骑着大公鸡磕厉鬼 Xiaoxuan筱萱Mystery125k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Supernatural Mystery + One Couple + Everyone’s Favorite + Strong Female Lead] Xu Lingxi, who grew up in a Taoist temple, takes on the first commission of her life. A chance to make some money... Er, I mean, it’s my duty to save people in danger and relieve their suffering! What? I haven’t even learned all the Taoist arts yet? No big deal. It’s just an evil ghost. Watch me handle it. As it turns out, the hero who saves the day doesn’t always ride in on a rainbow. Sometimes, they arr —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The female lead and Sa seemed a bit greedy at first, but it turned out they weren't.

3. 403 阴 The Underworld Calls Me Little Sir 阴司叫我小先生 Jiang Xue'er姜雪儿Mystery137k WordsOngoing From the day he was born, he was unlike ordinary people. He could pass freely between the worlds of the living and the dead. Whenever Hei Bai Wuchang encountered him, they would bow and step aside, respectfully addressing him as Young Master. Others said he was born with the ability to communicate with the underworld and blessed with an extraordinary fate. Only the gods of the underworld knew that behind their respect lay an unmistakable wariness. As the years passed, the events sealed away for 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The premise is absolutely captivating! The protagonist traverses the realms of Yin and Yang, even the Black and White Impermanence (the guardian deities of the underworld) respectfully address him as "Young Master." The revelation of his primordial destiny is a stroke of genius. The plot is tight and fast-paced, the writing is superb, and it's impossible to put down. An absolute masterpiece, highly recommended for fans of fantasy and suspense!

4. 404 黛 Dai Chuan’s Idle Snow 黛川闲雪 You Jing Lin Yan宥净林言Modern Romance193k WordsOngoing One flower, one world; one leaf, one bodhi. People are like plants, subject to the cycle of flourishing and withering through the seasons, life and death, reincarnation, cause and effect. The only things that never change are the inherent energies in the magnetic field. 11Reads—Score114d adds

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5. 405 古 From Ancient Times to the Present: The Reborn Lady Takes the Entertainment World by Storm 古穿今：闺秀重生娱乐圈后爆红了 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Gu Chaoxi, the legitimate daughter of the Duke Who Guards the Nation, was raised from childhood to become the Crown Princess. She mastered every art, from music and chess to calligraphy and painting. But when the battle for the throne ended in her family being wiped out, she opened her eyes again in the body of a streamer everyone loved to hate. Her new self's parents are both dead, and she has a little brother to raise. Gu Chaoxi can only pull herself together. Making money comes first. One by 16.4kReads9.5Score2.5k14d adds

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   It's incredibly good! As someone who's been reading for over a decade or two, I can't get through many books, so finding this one was a real surprise.

6. 406 灵 The Little Exorcist: The Rat Race Starts in Childhood 灵异小天师：内卷从娃开始 Sincere Washbasin诚挚的面盆Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Adorable kid + supernatural + occult arts + ghosts and monsters + no romance + a supernatural novel even timid readers can enjoy + doted-on darling] Li Niuniu is adopted by a fortune-teller who swindles people and his rich wife. They think she's an ordinary little girl, but she opens her mouth and asks to eat ghosts, scaring the ghosts half to death. When her parents aren't looking, she finally gets to lick one. Brr, it's so spicy! On her first day of school, she skips class and follows some gr 1.6kReads9.1Score23114d adds

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   It's beautiful! Too lazy to describe it! Anyway, it's really beautiful.

7. 407 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Ghost That Haunts the Mystic Arts World 穿书后我竟成了玄门鬼见愁 Rain Falls, Light Sleep雨落浅眠Mystery923k WordsCompleted An audiobook version of this book is available. The male lead appears relatively late, and the romance is a case of marriage first, love later. This story is entirely fictional. Feng Jiuqing, a Celestial Master, draws the wrong formation while hunting ghosts and accidentally transmigrates into a melodramatic novel she once read. She becomes the vicious female character number N. In her previous life, she never managed to accumulate merit, and her master said she was too detached from the world t 13kReads9.0Score1.7k14d adds

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   The metaphysical part isn't profound; even beginners can understand it. It's just for fun.

8. 408 王 The Prince Wants to Marry, but His Princess Consort Only Wants to Catch Ghosts 王爷想拜堂成亲，王妃她只想抓鬼 Seven Nights White七夜白Ancient Romance241k WordsCompleted Metaphysics master Ye Qingning transmigrates with a pocket dimension and becomes the useless eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's residence, someone everyone can bully. Reading faces, fortune-telling, feng shui, medicine, and poison: she uses metaphysical arts to become the darling of everyone in ancient times. To cure her poison, she ties up the infamous prince for seven days. The entire capital waits for her to be hacked to pieces. At a royal banquet, the man holds her in his arms and gentl 973Reads9.3Score17014d adds

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   The princess is incredibly cool, resourceful, and a cunning, ruthless prince. 🌱 She's the prince's third princess; [rolls eyes] the first two didn't even last three days. When she entered the palace, she felt suffocated; [gets it] the palace's feng shui is bad. She asked for some coins to calculate it; [shocked] but encountered a strange curse that no amount of secret methods could unravel.

9. 409 在 I Am a Female Sorcerer 在下女术师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted The night Bai Zhou returned home to inherit the funeral-clothing shop, someone tried to murder her... From the moment she came back from the dead, she was swept up in one eerie, chilling case after another. A dead old woman wandering through a funeral hall; vengeful spirits who died violent deaths scrambling to find substitutes; a sinister temple in the mountains where people are killed; evil spirits crying out for justice during a performance of Judge Bao... Watch Bai Zhou learn the Taoist Five 17.6kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds

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   Both are very good

10. 410 最 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Dancing Lone Spirit舞独魂灵Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.8kReads9.1Score97814d adds
11. 411 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Ninth Gate’s Beloved Mystic 盗墓：九门团宠是神棍 Ma Youye马由頁Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Tomb Raider fanfiction, young Taoist, disguises herself as a boy, doted on by everyone, starting with The Mystic Nine] Proceed with caution: This is not a wish-fulfillment story! The protagonist grows over time and comes of age after Chapter 79. Qi Baye had a little granddaughter whom he raised by his side from the time she was born. He personally chose her name, deciding that whether the baby was a boy or a girl, she would be called Qi Lechuan. After her father, Qi Yu, disappeared while on the 6.3kReads9.4Score84914d adds

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    🌿🌿The order of these lists is based on popularity and ratings, for your reference. 🌸🌸3. The female lead is a young Taoist priest, a character who grows and is very cool. She performs divination and fortune telling, and her main focus is on challenging others' worldviews.

12. 412 惜 The Life-Saving Prince and His Ghostly Consort, I'll Keep You Alive 惜命王爷鬼差妃，你的小命我保了 Crossing the Sea过海来Ancient Romance130k WordsOngoing (Quick-Witted, Hot-Tempered Heroine + Chuunibyou, Puppy-Like Hero + Healing Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment) Fu Ya’s soul accidentally enters the body of a ghost enforcer. After being banished to the mortal realm, she becomes a walking death bomb beside a prince. Fu Ya rubs her forehead and sighs. “Being a ghost enforcer is no easy job these days. When will I ever finish the King of Hell’s KPIs?!” The prince says earnestly, “Princess, try to keep a low profile. If you’re ambushed, I’m done for!” Fu Y —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead isn't brainless, the plot is realistic, and it's a light and enjoyable read. I think it's alright. (I wrote this myself; I chose the wrong category when signing the contract, so I have to promote it myself to save some traffic. Discussion is welcome.)

13. 413 小 The Little Ancestor Has Come Down from the Mountain, and the World's Tycoons Kneel to Welcome Her 小祖宗下山了，全球豪门跪迎驾到 Picking Flowers at Dusk夕时折花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Satisfying romance + metaphysics + secret identities + sweet pampering] Yun Miao is surrounded by golden light from her immense merit. To her, any evil spirit is something she can smack dead with a single slap. When she was nineteen, the Su family came looking for her, saying she'd been switched at birth and was their real daughter. Her birth mother said, “Your eldest brother is a rising star from a prominent family, your older sister was the top liberal arts student, and your younger sister is 322Reads8.8Score10314d adds

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    Genre: Metaphysics, Entertainment Industry, Thrilling Read, Strong Female Lead

14. 414 乌 The Jinx-Tongued Big Shot Becomes the Entertainment Industry’s Favorite 乌鸦嘴大佬在娱乐圈里当团宠 Gu Youran顾悠然Modern Romance729k WordsCompleted Su Mian, a goddess’s second-generation descendant, transmigrated into a book. From then on, President Mo kept getting caught out every few days: One day, his assistant saw him scrolling through Su Mian’s Weibo. “President Mo, are you a Su Mian fan too? I am! I love her performance as the Great Empress.” Mo lifted his eyelids. “Are you blind? It’s the company’s official account!” After the assistant left, Mo reopened Weibo and created a super topic for the Mo-Su pairing. He named it “I Love Sleep 1.9kReads9.4Score27214d adds
15. 415 琛 Master Chen, Your Little Darling Is Causing Trouble Again 琛爷你家小乖乖又野翻了 Icy-Sweet Orange Xi冰糖橙子汐Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Su Mucheng was blinded by love and acted like a complete fool. She trusted a scumbag and caused Mo Yanchen, the man who loved her most, to die. Reborn, she was going to spoil him rotten! Every day, she was either flirting with him or on her way to flirt with him. “Honey, I love biting your Adam's apple, especially watching it roll as it struggles against me.” “Honey, I want kisses and hugs, and for you to lift me up high.” “Honey, I want to have your babies!” Mo Yanchen: “. 31.7kReads9.5Score4.5k14d adds
16. 416 神 The Sweet and Sassy Fortune-Teller Is Too Tempting for the Abstinent Young General 神算美人甜又飒，禁欲战少不经撩 Cheng Jingzhi程璟知Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Modern Fantasy] A stunningly beautiful, hot-tempered little fortune-teller from the Nan family in Jiangcheng has become a sensation. Her values may be a little crooked, but her features are flawless. She can read the stars and tell fortunes, and she can also gather corpses and drive out ghosts. The only problem is that her birth chart is entirely yin, and her fate is plagued by every kind of clash and misfortune. She has a rock-hard destiny that brings disaster to men, and is fated never to hav 3.1kReads9.4Score45214d adds
17. 417 爆 After Going Viral, the Metaphysics Master Only Wants to Be a Slacker 爆火后，玄学大佬只想咸鱼 Osmanthus Fragrance for Ten Miles桂香十里Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted (Metaphysics + Ghost Hunting + Power Fantasy + Sweet Romance + Comedy) Just as the Lu family was on the verge of bankruptcy, their youngest daughter, who had been missing for years, suddenly came home. Everyone said the Lu family's daughter was tacky and stupid, and would never find a husband, so she'd leech off her parents for the rest of her life. But after Lu Qianqian returned, Father Lu's assets multiplied several times over, and his career soared to new heights. At a lavish banquet, a man a 1.5kReads9.3Score21014d adds
18. 418 福 At Three and a Half, Fu Bao Is Doted on by Her Eight Uncles 福宝三岁半，她被八个舅舅团宠了 Cute Guy萌汉子Modern Romance3.5M WordsCompleted When her stepmother miscarried after falling down the stairs, little Su Bao was punished by being forced to kneel in the snow for a day and a night, then branded a jinx and driven from home. Just as she was about to die, her eight domineering CEO uncles rushed to her side and gathered little Su Bao in their arms! The eldest uncle's face turned icy. “It's getting cold. I think it's time the Lin family went bankrupt.” The second uncle glared furiously. “Anyone who hurts my little Bao will be hunte 23.1kReads9.6Score3.8k14d adds

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    The female leads in these books are all quite capable, incredibly skilled at catching ghosts, and the male leads dote on them immensely.

19. 419 郁 The Clingy Sweetheart in Lord Yu's Eyes Is a Max-Level Powerhouse 郁爷眼中娇软的黏人精是满级大佬 Li Zi Is a Little Salty李子有点咸Modern Romance803k WordsCompleted [Sweet Flirting + Yandere Love Interest + Healing + The Supernatural] Jiu Ci was a great demon of the cultivation world. After she died, she remembered that she still had a fiancé, so she brought her System along and was reborn. She discovered that her fiancé was sickly, delicate, and handsome, though keeping him did cost a pretty penny. The broke powerhouse, already at max level, had no choice but to earn merit and money at the same time to support her fiancé. Then she went to haul bricks at a 10.2kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds

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    These are all super interesting metaphysical theories!

20. 420 阴 The Underworld Has Arrived: Even the King of Hell Has to Step Aside 阴司驾到：冥王也得靠边站 Sang Sangjiu桑桑玖Modern Romance531k WordsCompleted [Strong male lead vs. strong female lead, one-on-one romance, feel-good, supernatural, ghost-hunting, taking down scumbags] Gu Shuhan is the underworld’s only female spirit official. She can travel freely between eight thousand worlds, and in her spare time, she catches a few little ghosts. Life is carefree and pleasant enough. But then she meets Du Qin, a woman with absolutely no emotional intelligence... “Wifey, you’ve ruined my good name! You have to marry me to make it right!” “Get lost.” “W 95Reads8.7Score—14d adds
21. 421 陌 A Strange Demon King Shows Up to Claim His Child: You Let Me Raise Them Alone for Three Years, and Now You’re Here? 陌生妖王上门认崽，白养三年你才来？ Five and a Half Fat Cats肥喵五只半Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: On My Wedding Night, the Divination Master Empress Had Her Bones Stripped and Then Gave Birth to Twins [Mysticism + adorable babies + adorable pets + sweet romance + fantasy] Feng Luo, a mysticism expert, dies alongside her archenemy, only to transmigrate to another world and become the most wretched empress in history. Her bones are stripped, her skin flayed, and she flees while pregnant. Four years later, Feng Luo returns with a pair of twins to settle old scores and seek justi 1.1kReads9.0Score24714d adds
22. 422 乞 The Beggar Disciple Acts Obedient and Begs for a Ride, Then Wipes Out the Three Realms When Exposed 乞丐徒弟装乖求带，掉马后灭三界 Salted Fish盐渍的鱼Ancient Romance126k WordsOngoing [Both have only ever loved each other + Two wounded souls saving one another + Secret identities + Feel-good revenge story + Ghost hunting + Political intrigue] Wu Mi has no five senses. She can’t taste anything or feel temperature, and she can’t even feel pain. The Underworld Judge said it was the fate of a ghost emissary. She found a beggar in the mortal realm and took him in as her disciple. He was slick-tongued and clumsy, but he knew how to say sweet things. “Master, you smell so nice.” “Ma 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The premise is absolutely brilliant; it's a strong female lead, and the female protagonist is incredibly resilient.

23. 423 玄 The Mystic Prodigy Is Only Five and a Half 玄学大佬五岁半 Braised Egg卤蛋了Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Animated Comic Now Available] [Mysticism] [Comedy] [Everyone's Favorite] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Bubbly] The chubby little ghost queen, sweet as milk, ate her way through every ghost on her mountain. Her master said the Gu family's son was frail and likely to attract evil spirits, so she should go down the mountain and cause trouble for someone else. The chubby little dumpling headed down with a huff and a puff. Holding a female ghost's hand with her left, she said in her tiny, sweet voice, 2.3kReads9.4Score28014d adds

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    They're all great! Come check them out! They're all rated 9 points or higher. Each one has its own unique charm, guaranteed to make you want to keep watching once you start.

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