Looking for Long Modern Supernatural Stories About Ghost Hunting, Mysticism, Strange Phenomena, and the Like 求现代灵异小说，捉鬼，玄学，诡异局之类的，字多

1. 401 回 I Went Home to Farm, and a Dragon Became My Patron 回家种地，蛟龙给我做靠山 Traveler Returning on a Snowy Night雪夜里的归人Urban1.0M WordsCompleted A lovesick fool, cancer, unemployment: Wang Fengyun, a country boy, has failed at working in the city and at life in general. He has no car, no house, no wife, and no savings. But he did take away the city’s most precious treasure: a failed dragon! From then on, he lives a leisurely, carefree life in the countryside, earning a little money, farming, raising adorable pets, and doing good deeds. With his old ox, white pig, and black dog at his side, he rules the village, picks on hooligans, and ta 576Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   Mythology, the supernatural, farming, family and country

2. 402 银 The Tale of the Silver Flood Dragon 银蛟传 Big Sis Ai Xian艾娴大大Modern Romance737k WordsOngoing [Metaphysics + Suspense + Taoist Magic + Historical Relics + Mythical Beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas + Folk Mysteries] Legend has it that the Dragon-Locking Well imprisons a wicked dragon guilty of an ancient crime. But when Zhuang Jiang, a junior clerk at the Cultural Relics Protection Institute, finds a piece of a jiao's horn at the bottom of the well, she discovers a silver-white jiao sealed inside it. From then on, the ten thousand ghosts hidden in a calligraphy album, the dea 200Reads7.2Score119Shelves

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   This book is super suitable

3. 403 东 Northeastern Folk Taboos 东北民间禁忌 Sleeves That Cover the Sky大袖遮天Mystery5.3M WordsOngoing The black soil of the Northeast holds too many stories, and hides too many rules. If you hear someone call your name in the middle of the night, never look back. On New Year’s Eve, if a dumpling wrapper breaks, it’s for the “good brothers” to eat. If you meet a woman in red while walking at night, remember to pull your hat down low... These taboos passed down by the older generation are superstition if you don’t believe in them. But if you break them, they become a ghostly gateway that leads str 1.6kReads—Score103Shelves
4. 404 午 The Midnight Mantou Shop 午夜馒头铺 Maple Forest at Dusk枫林晚Mystery804k WordsCompleted Have you ever noticed that some breakfast shops serve food that's delicious most of the time, but for a couple of days each month, it suddenly tastes dry and is hard to swallow? Have you ever wondered if perhaps that breakfast food was never meant for people to eat...? 384Reads7.4Score—Shelves
5. 405 算 Calculating Fate Through Yin 算阴命 Nine-Rank Game九品一局Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted My mother was snatched away by a beast when she gave birth to me. Twelve years later, my father brought home a woman. Three days after that, my father died… 1.8kReads8.9Score257Shelves

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   🌠🤲If you are filled with curiosity about the unknown world and want to glimpse the secrets of fate, perhaps on a dark and windy night, you can quietly come to his stall, listen to the words from the stars, and dispel the fog in your heart. 🌌🔮

6. 406 死 Death Began at School 死亡从学校开始了 Evil Eye邪恶之瞳Mystery580k WordsOngoing Ghosts are the product of an imbalance between yin and yang. In this vast world, people are all different in character, and their souls are just as varied after death. The virtuous return to pure lands and enjoy the blessings of the afterlife; the wicked and violent turn into vengeful spirits, their resentment gathering until it takes the form of a ghost. These specters wander between yin and yang, but most conceal their forms and rarely appear before the living. [No cultivation, no System, no h 307Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is true modern supernatural fiction, unlike those boring stories that frequently involve ghost marriages.

7. 407 猛 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 Lampwick灯草Mystery417k WordsCompleted When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 4.7kReads9.0Score333Shelves
8. 408 提 The Lantern-Bearing Spirit Artisan 提灯灵匠 Zero Realm Shiyu零界时雨Mystery105k WordsOngoing Beneath the seemingly peaceful surface of the modern city, there are "anomalies" that ordinary people cannot perceive. Chen Xu inherited his parents' secondhand shop, called Shiyi, along with a damaged ancient bronze lamp. By day, he is a highly skilled restoration craftsman. At midnight, he becomes a "restorer" who walks in the shadows, repairing objects tainted by anomalies, suffering, or obsession, and soothing spirits that wander at the edge of the rules. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book, I wrote it, and I'll update it with lots of words every day ☺️

9. 409 第 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 The One Surnamed Yi姓易的Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted “If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau 3.2kReads9.2Score470Shelves

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   This book is excellent. It features the Bureau of Secrets and powerful families, as well as common villainous forces and Cthulhu elements.

10. 410 小 Mr. Xiao Wang 小王先生 Young Master Wang小王鲜生Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted My mother held on for several extra hours while giving birth to me, just so I wouldn’t be born on the date the fortune-teller had predicted. Haunted by evil spirits! Delivering winter clothes to the dead! Wandering ghosts! Why does everyone come to me for everything? Incense roots? Fate? Five-colored cloth? These mysterious trades all depend on intuition! Granny Bai says I have a spiritual gift and a knack for opening the senses. Aunt Yang says I have all three kinds of affinity. But I never tho 13.5kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
11. 411 我 My Days Working at a Funeral Home 我在殡仪馆工作的那些事儿 Farewell, Xiao Lang再见萧郎Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted My name is Ling Yu. I work at a funeral home with Big Fatty. One day, a beautiful corpse wearing Chanel arrived at the funeral home. I stole the Chanel outfit and gave it to my girlfriend. Then a string of sinister things began to happen... Deaths kept piling up, closing in on Big Fatty and me step by step. How can we escape Death's pursuit? 2kReads5.9Score106Shelves
12. 412 特 Special Operations Bureau 特事行动科 Eighteen Angry Men十八怒汉Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted One thousand three hundred and ninety years ago, under the emperor’s direction, human adepts gained control of the “Void” and used it to create the “Wall,” which separated the real world from the anomalous one. After more than six centuries of effort by adepts from various schools, the anomalous remnants in the real world were finally purged, leaving humanity with a world of its own. Anomalous creatures became demons, ghosts, gods, and monsters in tales of the strange. As time passed, the adepts 1.8kReads7.0Score225Shelves

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    The Special Affairs Bureau handles unusual events recorded in ancient books, including those caused by spirits, monsters, and deities.

13. 413 我 I Work as a Mortuary Makeup Artist 我在殡仪馆做化妆师 Bai Baoqian百宝嵌Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I used to be a stylist on film and television sets. After reality put me through the wringer, I stumbled into a job as a mortuary makeup artist. Every day, I face all kinds of bizarre corpses, and they have shown me another world... 724Reads8.2Score100Shelves
14. 414 职 Professional Funeral Watcher 职业守灵人 Deep Love Always Ends in Heartbreak深情总被殇Mystery962k WordsOngoing At funerals, there is a ritual called “keeping vigil.” I am a professional vigil keeper. People pay me to keep watch over their dead. Over the course of my career, I have witnessed far too many touching stories and tragic circumstances. But most of all, I have encountered strange and terrifying events. And it all began the first time I saw a ghost while keeping vigil... 192Reads6.9Score137Shelves
15. 415 什 What, You Used Ghost Money to Restart the Mythic Age? 什么，你用冥币重启了神话 A Mere Mortal's Worries凡人滴烦Urban315k WordsCompleted [Slow-burn start, fiery later on] [Golden finger] [Invincible protagonist] [Supernatural Revival] [One heroine] Everyone says money makes the world go round. Zhang Xuanling believed that wholeheartedly when he was delivering takeout. Then one day, ghosts and gods suddenly appeared before him, and he could no longer believe it. But when he learned the truth about how he had restarted mythology with ghost money, he believed again: money can make ghosts work for you, and it can even reach the gods! 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Modern Taoist priests exorcising ghosts

16. 416 系 The System Told Me to Be a Guide 系统叫我接引人 Preacher Old Man布道翁Mystery130k WordsOngoing The protagonist is a corpse makeup artist at a funeral home. An accident gives him a bizarre System, bringing him into contact with many supernatural cases. Instant spells, a lightning-fast peachwood sword, real paranormal events, plot twists, logical deduction, and genuine human emotions all feature in the story. The protagonist is not invincible. In the end, he becomes an underworld guide, takes charge of the Book of Life and Death, and resurrects those who sacrificed themselves for the love a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    With consistent and stable updates, nuanced character portrayals, a realistic story, flawless logic, and compelling plot twists, this book features characters driven by their own obsessions, including a deceased child, a cheating boyfriend, and a suicide note from someone who jumped to their death due to bullying.

17. 417 巡 The Yin-Walker 巡阴人 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Applying makeup to the dead, reading the winds and assessing the land, preparing bodies for burial, and performing rites on the seventh day after death. Scorched corpses: cleaning the body, applying rouge, painting the features! Bodies cut in half at the waist: removing the organs, filling the cavities, and stitching the body back together! I was born into a family that made its living from the dead, so I grew up dealing with corpses. I’ve seen all sorts of bizarre ways to die and countless inex 8.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Let's get the three-piece set!

18. 418 东 Strange Tales of the Northeast 东北鬼事异闻 Divination Rat卦鼠Mystery236k WordsCompleted A collection of strange tales about ghosts and supernatural happenings in Northeast China. Some are hearsay, while others are terrifying paranormal events that happened right before the storyteller's eyes. A weasel spirit gaining human form, a fox stealing an elixir, a corpse crushed beneath a millstone... 2.2kReads—Score106Shelves
19. 419 月 Moonlight Across the Vast Sky 月明长空 Night Flight夜间飞行Urban110k WordsOngoing [Mystery, Supernatural, Deduction, Special Abilities, and Action: No System!] Five years ago, Chang Kong unexpectedly awakened the ability to foresee death. And this time, the one who was going to die was his closest buddy! He thought it was just a simple crime of passion, but it turned out to involve Miaojiang Gu poison, the Five Plague Spirit Soldiers, the Blackwater Great Shaman, and a series of other bizarre events... as well as an earth-shattering plot more than five hundred years in the ma —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Intelligent and resourceful! Supernatural abilities! Each short story is independent yet interconnected, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, ultimately piecing together a scheme from hundreds of years ago! It's both terrifying and exhilarating to watch!

20. 420 法 The Peerless Mage 法师无双 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted A top sorcerer who once led the Heavenly Masters’ Court returns, only to be cast out by his powerful family. As he prepares to leave, he discovers that his younger female cousin has fallen victim to dark magic… 3.9kReads9.1Score483Shelves
21. 421 阴 Heaven and Earth Turned Upside Down: I Become a God in a Mad World 阴阳倒悬，我在疯癫世界封神 Smiling Words, No Need to Speak笑语不言Mystery148k WordsOngoing [Eerie] + [Paths] + [Idealism] + [Partial power fantasy] + [Infinite Flow] + [Gods] (The story takes a while to get going, but the worldbuilding is truly vast.) In the old world, fate chose me as its sole heir. The price was that I lost my younger brother forever. As compensation, I touched his soul within my mind. The sleeping dragon veins of Huaxia, the awakened remnants of Rome, the whispered oracles of the Norse... When the heavens fell and the mortal world shattered, [Reality] and [the Void 1Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    A lucid being in a world of madness? No, Lin Wuwang and his brother's souls are both lost souls trapped in the gap between Yin and Yang.

22. 422 大 The Grand Feng Shui Master 大相师 Feiyi匪夷Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted Ten years ago, nine snakes crawled into my bed. Grandpa said someone was trying to steal my life. To keep me alive, he arranged an engagement for me to extend my lifespan... 8kReads9.3Score984Shelves
23. 423 开 From the Start, I Have Three Months to Live, So I Bet Everything on Solving Cases 开局三个月寿命，我全梭哈破案了 Mysterious Cherry神秘车厘子Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + crime-solving + suspense + minimal romance] [New book: "Reborn in 1992: Starting with a Cold Case"] I transmigrated into a police officer! I was happy for less than a second before the System informed me I had only three months left to live. Huh? How is that supposed to work? Solve cases to earn more life? I'm going all in! And so the criminals across the whole city went crazy. [Officer, I was just delivering food. The lady of the house had too many mosquitoes, so I helped her 5.7kReads9.2Score727Shelves

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    Different themes

24. 424 阴 I'm Xie, a Yin-Yang Guide, Not a Taoist Priest 阴阳开路人谢邀，不是道士 Jing Lin景麟Mystery134k WordsCompleted I've seen too many lonely spirits trapped in corners, unable to move on, and too many people hell-bent on harming others. Sometimes I can't tell whether I'm imagining it in the throes of a psychotic episode or witnessing something real. The truth is far darker than fiction. “Absurd” is the only word for it. 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Just watch it, the story is fast-paced, and it's already finished.

25. 425 夜 A New Groom Every Night 夜夜当新郎 The Sky Is All Blue天空皆蓝Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Cang Tian Jie Lan was twenty-eight, a hardcore shut-in whose proudest achievement in life was having a hundred thousand pictures of anime wives on his hard drive. But when he woke up, he found himself in a terrifying academy overrun by ghosts, on the verge of becoming a vengeful spirit’s appetizer. At the brink of despair, he pulled out his only “spiritual sustenance”: a battered laptop packed with pictures of his waifus. The moment it booted up, the images of a hundred thousand beauties fused i 1.5kReads8.8Score114Shelves

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    Urban martial arts, ghost hunting, and exquisite writing!

26. 426 九 Uncle Nine: Is This Kid a Yin Messenger? 九叔：这小子是阴差？ Feels Like I'm About to Bite the Dust感觉要凉Mystery576k WordsOngoing (Uncle Jiu’s world + underworld bailiff + no female lead + System!) When King Yama says you’ll die at the third watch, who dares keep you until the fifth? Lin Yi transmigrates into Uncle Jiu’s world and unexpectedly becomes Uncle Jiu’s senior disciple. He binds himself to the strongest Underworld System from the start. All he has to do is earn yin virtue to get promoted and receive a raise! [Ding!] [Congratulations, Host, on successfully capturing a soul. Reward: 300 yin virtue!] [Ding! Congratu 2kReads7.1Score103Shelves
27. 427 人 Life in the Jianghu: An Electrical Engineer's Extraordinary Adventure 人在江湖：一个电力工程师的奇遇 Year Three Provinces年三省Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Li Fangao, an electrical engineer, unexpectedly gains supernatural powers. In a daze and against his will, he finds himself stepping into the modern-day underworld. His powers bring him one extraordinary encounter after another, and with each new experience, his abilities continue to advance. Moving between the underworld and everyday life, he thrives in both. The underworld today has no more flashing blades or torrents of blood, but it is rife with open and covert power struggles, with deadly d 14.5kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves

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    A novel and high-quality urban fantasy novel set in the power industry. No spiritual power, only electricity! No internal strength, only electricity! I am the Electrician Hero.

28. 428 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: The Nation Invites Me to Head the Paranormal Bureau 灵气复苏：国家邀请当诡异局局长 Old Moqwq老莫qwqUrban680k WordsCompleted [Memo: No Female Lead, Romantic Tension, System, Livestreaming, High Stakes] Lin Zixuan transmigrates here to shoulder a great responsibility. Invited by the state, he becomes director of the Bureau of the Uncanny. “I am Heaven's Master in the mortal world, guarding the Nine Provinces. Any demon or monster that dares threaten the Nine Provinces will be destroyed!” Lin Zixuan says sternly, blocking every danger in front of him. Behind him stand the old and young, men and women of the Nine Provinc 3.9kReads8.2Score225Shelves

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    I'm looking for novels with a lot of words.

29. 429 飞 After Failing to Ascend, I Came to the Modern World to Study the Occult 飞升失败后，我到现代搞玄学 Little Shuangyu小双瑜Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted Su Ning is struck by the lightning tribulation as she ascends and sent to the modern world, where spiritual energy is scarce. Penniless, with her spiritual mansion empty and her life hanging by a thread, she is at death’s door. As a cultivator, Su Ning refuses to accept her fate. She vows to return to the peak and face the lightning tribulation again. Cultivation in the world of immortals requires money and resources. Cultivation in the modern world does, too. But making money is so hard! She fi 3.6kReads9.1Score524Shelves

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    Su Ning was struck by lightning in the cultivation world and transported to the modern world. Her ghost-catching and metaphysical adventures are much better than those fortune-telling livestreams—super entertaining! [Admiring]

30. 430 茅 The Maoshan Taoist-Buddhist Master 茅山道释 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Urban5.7M WordsOngoing [Maoshan] + [Supernatural] + [Urban Cultivation] + [Stunning Beauties] The mighty Heavenly Emperor is reborn, only to be driven to the brink by a predatory loan contract?! In my previous life, I was Shiti Huan Yindiluo, the Heavenly Emperor. My merits complete, I should have ascended beyond the heavens, but I was ambushed by petty villains, and my divine soul fell into the mortal world! Fortunately, the power of the Sumeru Realm protected me, and I was reborn alongside a Maoshan Celestial Maste 759Reads—Score100Shelves
31. 431 弥 Maitreya Heavenly Emperor 弥勒天帝 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation + creation of the heavens and myriad worlds + fantasy + beauties galore] Citi Tianxing has already reached the peak of the Heavenly Emperor realm, yet he resolutely gives up his position as sovereign over all worlds and ventures toward an even higher, unknown realm. He seeks to question the heavens: What is the meaning of cultivation? What is the purpose of creation? Follow him as he battles across the Myriad Worlds, comprehending the great mysteries of darkness, light, life, 150Reads6.2Score—Shelves
32. 432 让 I Asked You to Stream Down-to-Earth Content, Not from the Underworld! 让你直播接地气！不是接地府啊！ North of No Southern Mountain北无南山Mystery203k WordsOngoing The world is on the brink of a terrifying resurgence, and Chen Mo transmigrates into the body of a streamer with barely any viewers. Luckily, the System may be late, but it never misses its cue! [Option One: Ride Bus 13 at midnight and livestream a ghostly hearse. Reward: The Golden Light Mantra!] [Option Two: Hide at home and livestream while waiting for a female ghost to show up. Reward: The Five Thunder Orthodox Art!] Chen Mo: “Can I have both?” When Chen Mo boards that midnight hearse, t 5Reads8.9Score—Shelves
33. 433 那 The Tycoon's Daughter Is Charming, Beautiful, and Can Catch Ghosts 那暴发户的女儿又娇又美还会捉鬼 Xi Cheng Ya希成吖Rural Life1.1M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + supernatural + everyone's darling + eccentric family + ghost hunting + ancient-to-modern transmigration + comedy] Blackwind Village is a backward, impoverished place, and everyone in the village talks about the Ma family. After having five sons, the forty-year-old woman of the Ma family got pregnant again. This time, she gave birth to a girl, and the family's elders treasured her dearly. The Ma family's legacy had arrived: their ghost-hunting skills were passed down to daughter 2kReads8.6Score254Shelves

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    In a backward village, there's the Ma family, a clan specializing in ghost hunting. The tradition is passed down only to daughters, with far more men than women. Sons-in-law live with their wives, who pretend to be poor while working away from home. One wife wins a lottery, buys a house and land, and moves her whole family to the city, becoming an overnight millionaire. Three generations of female ghost hunters, three ruthless individuals.

34. 434 茅 Maoshan Ghost-Catching Specialists 茅山捉鬼专门店 Wu Liaochen悟了尘Mystery760k WordsOngoing [Modern urban setting (no cultivation) + Taoist priests + cultivators + Buddhism + factions + witchcraft + cults + romance + satisfying read + a little brainpower + nontraditional] Huaxia is a place steeped in mystery, known as a sacred land of ancient culture. Here, many Taoist priests and cultivators each command a range of miraculous arts and techniques. Lin Xiu, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, gets caught up in a vast and complicated whirlpool because of a job! A mother-and-child corpse fi 159Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the best book ever! I've been following it closely, and it's almost 400,000 words! The author updates three times a day, perfect!

35. 435 拜 Come On! Who Needs Cultivation When There's a System? 拜托！有系统了谁还修仙？ Rustling Maple Leaves枫之飒飒Mystery193k WordsOngoing [Supernatural + System + cultivation + ghost wife] I transmigrated through countless lifetimes of reincarnation with the System. When I opened my eyes, I found the soul of a thousand-year-old female ghost inside my body! “Little brat, the sun’s been up for ages! Get up and practice!” Ye Lingxing yanked the covers away. “Master, wait! Let your disciple sleep a little longer.” I sat up and pulled the soft, fragrant beauty beside the bed into my arms. “My dear ghost lady, I went to all the trouble 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Modern supernatural, new book, so-so.

36. 436 夜 Night Paper Shop: Life-Buying Tattoo 夜纸行：买命纹 Everlasting Xuanhuang玄黄不灭12k WordsCompleted Night Paper Shop: Life-Buying Tattoo —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Then take a look at this book.

37. 437 镇 Exorcism Records: The Supreme Judge of Yin and Yang 镇鬼实录：阴阳第一执宰人 Three-Year Fish三年鱼Mystery181k WordsOngoing [Traditional supernatural horror + ghost hunting + no romance] The city is full of tricks. I want to go back to the countryside. After losing his job, Jiang Bai returns to his rural hometown, only to find that a wicked spirit has begun tearing out people’s hearts. More and more villagers are being killed, and the whole village is helpless. Ignoring his late grandfather’s prohibition, he inherits his grandfather’s legacy and enters the world of the mystic arts. In a once-quiet town, accidents kee 77Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is good, ghost hunting, exciting, I recommend watching it.

38. 438 奶 Grandma's Notes on Yin and Yang 奶奶的阴阳笔记 Gu Yue詁月Mystery407k WordsCompleted Supernatural mystery + first person + calls from the underworld On the day my grandmother, Granny Wang, died, I received a call from the underworld, number 444: “Did Granny Wang bring them back to life? If she did, we won’t be coming up.” While sorting through her belongings, I found a reddish-brown notebook beneath the household shrine. It recorded how my grandmother used our great-grandfather’s Maoshan techniques to exorcise evil spirits: “Paper Figures Eavesdrop on the Yin” means cutting out 86Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    I recommend a great suspenseful and supernatural novel that you won't be able to stop reading!

39. 439 灵 Paranormal Encounters: What I Saw and Heard 灵异事件之所见所闻 Poet Jingxuan敬轩诗人Mystery356k WordsCompleted No System + no transmigration + no power fantasy + no harem + no invincible protagonist + no sweet romance + no clichés + no female lead + no cultivation. Important notice: if this isn’t for you, don’t read it. If this isn’t for you, don’t read it. If this isn’t for you, don’t read it! Do you believe there are things in this world that science cannot explain? Have you ever experienced anything supernatural yourself? Treat the events in this novel as stories, and remember: Fear and respect the sp 130Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Absolutely modern enough; the author is a post-80s generation.

40. 440 香 Hall Master, Please Wait 香主，请留步 Flowers Bloom in Frost霜色生花Modern Romance118k WordsOngoing On her master’s recommendation, Ruan Xiaojiu took a job as a fragrance master. But soon after, her master mysteriously disappeared. She discovered that the employer behind the job was the Pei family of the capital, a clan with deep roots and influence that could summon extraordinary talents from across the land to crack all manner of strange cases. Even stranger, while working, she could communicate with her master through their consciousness. She could even create a fragrance domain and refine —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Supernatural mystery novel, female protagonist grew up in a Taoist temple, knows how to burn incense and exorcise ghosts, leveling up, has a cheat ability, ensemble cast.

41. 441 只 As Long as You’re Brave Enough, the Horrors Can Live in My House 只要胆子大，诡异住我家 Bookworm Little Cat Immortal书虫小猫仙Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Urban superpowers + cozy everyday life + supernatural resurgence + multiple heroines + battles and growth] From the start, he inherits a haunted apartment, and a mysterious queen asks to move in! He thought he’d reached the pinnacle of life, but trouble came one thing after another. A dashing agent, a haughty catgirl, a spirit-doll little sister, a gifted and refined beauty, a sultry older woman, and even the holy maiden of the Arctic, who traveled across borders to find him… Wait, stop fig 43Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    I thought it was a single female lead story, but it turns out to be a hilarious multi-female lead love triangle! After the male lead brings the supernatural creature home, multiple female leads compete to come to his house to "exorcise" it. The crisis of the supernatural creature's resurgence is resolved by urban superpowers. In the heartwarming daily life, the female leads and the supernatural creature compete to see who understands the male lead better. The battle and growth storyline is also mixed with sweet love triangles!

42. 442 逍 The Carefree Way of the Heavenly Master 逍遥天师道 Autumn Grows on Every Tree树树秋生Male-Channel Fanfiction615k WordsOngoing Born to be a calamity, with a pure Yin body, Qiyue was coveted by evil spirits from the moment he was born, like the fabled monk Tang Sanzang. Fortunately, a Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain used the Golden Light Mantra to seal away a hundred ghosts and defy fate on his behalf. Eighteen years later, he is no longer a baby in need of protection. His mastery of thunder magic is taking shape, and he descends the mountain with a peachwood sword in hand, heir to the Orthodox Celestial Masters. 1Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    The story revolves around the protagonist, who, as a Taoist priest, deals with the crises and opportunities brought about by his physical constitution.

43. 443 九 Lord Jiu Has Arrived: The Ghost King CEO Begs to Pawn His Soul 九爷驾到，鬼王总裁跪求典当 Ghost Emperor幽灵大帝Modern Romance572k WordsOngoing [Contemporary Romance + Mystic Arts + Power Fantasy + CEO + Strong Leads + face-slapping + play the pig to eat the tiger + Ghosts and Monsters + Supernatural] (The rating is low because the novel was just listed; it will rise later.) “Anything can be pawned, any problem can be solved, but karma never dies.” Zhong Lijiu, known as “Ninth Master,” appears to be the laid-back owner of an antique shop. In truth, she is the 283rd-generation heir to the “Pawnshop of All Things,” famous in both the worl 38Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    • The female lead is both beautiful and cool! She drinks tea and reads the newspaper during the day, and collects ghosts and negotiates prices at night, turning metaphysics into a luxury goods transaction. This setting is incredibly satisfying! • The male lead appears to be a domineering CEO, but he's actually a "former pawned item" who was tricked by the female lead's ancestor. Now he's going through a wife-chasing frenzy, and this contrast is absolutely adorable!

44. 444 出 The Life of a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 出马弟子的人生 The Number One Horse Who Writes Books写书的第马Mystery229k WordsCompleted A novel about real experiences and nothing but facts, centered on the real practice of spirit-mediumship! I hope you enjoy it! No fantasy power trips or immortal cultivation: every bit of it is based on real experiences! 271Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book. The author himself is also a traveler, so the content is all original and mostly based on his own experiences. Only those who understand the book will appreciate its value!

45. 445 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Exorcisms and Face Reading, Guaranteed! 直播算命：驱邪看相妥妥的！ Jiu Yan九颜Mystery116k WordsCompleted [System + supernatural + wild imagination] On the first day of his livestream, Du Jie gets a call from a popular female streamer. A feng shui problem? Easy! The cases that follow are much trickier, and each one is more bizarre than the last! A ghost baby? A paper effigy? The strange illness in Xiangyang Village, the Five Elements fortune-borrowing ritual... Are all these bizarre events testing my cultivation? Forget it. I'd better call on the Grandmaster! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female corpses appeared to have been dead for some time, but strangely, they did not decompose. Du Jie approached one of the corpses and discovered that her abdomen had been stitched up, as if it had been ripped open, leaving an extremely ugly centipede-like scar.

46. 446 民 Republican-Era Detective Tales 民国侦探诡事录 Liu Gang刘港Mystery317k WordsCompleted [Standalone cases + Republican-era investigations + criminal investigation and deduction + paranormal mysteries + powerful partners] In the chaotic Republican era, the land is shattered and strange events abound. One bizarre case follows another, but the truth remains as elusive as a mist... In a village at midnight, residents die one after another. Rumors say the “Stinking-Mouth Ghost” has returned to exact revenge, leaving everyone terrified. A haunted house by the lake conceals an old massacr 372Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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    You'll definitely be pleasantly surprised after reading it! It's purely Chinese in style, with a very novel theme, a well-written ensemble cast, suspenseful yet humorous, and full of unexpected plot twists. It's so good! Highly recommended! 👍👍👍

47. 447 我 I Cultivate the Ghost Path in the City 我在都市修鬼道 Shy Socially Anxious Li Erniu含羞社恐李二牛Mystery194k WordsOngoing When Shi Yaoyang opened the secret door in his ancestral home, the bronze demon mask swallowed the last ray of sunlight. The boy whom the girls jokingly called a “bad-boy heartthrob” was now pressing a bloodstained peachwood sword to his own throat. A fierce ghost leered from the mirror, his childhood sweetheart Teng Shiyun lay unconscious in the middle of a blood-red talisman array, and the faint sobs of twin sisters drifted from the shadows. The neon lights of the modern city collided with a t 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend everyone check out this novel! As a seasoned bookworm, I found it incredibly interesting.

48. 448 我 My Thousand-Year-Old Demon 我的千年老妖 Crazy Must-Have Tan疯必得谭Modern Romance253k WordsOngoing [Demon beast immortal venerable + transmigrated girl] [Transmigration + ensemble character growth] When overworked 996 office worker Yu Zhixu wakes up, all she wants is to lie flat, slack off, and wait to die. But Long Yu, the devastatingly handsome Immortal Venerable who always appears when she’s in danger, sparks her interest with his flirtations before escaping the mortal realm. Yu Zhixu pursues him to the cultivation world to demand an explanation. When she is hunted by a demoness, trapped —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The siblings stood speechless in the mourning hall, their swollen eyes filled with despair. Like drifting duckweed, they encountered the "monster" who would change their lives in their darkest hour.

49. 449 超 The Overpowered Heir: I Moonlight as a Ferryman in the Yellow Springs 超强继承者：我在黄泉兼职摆渡人 Clear Water and Joy清水欢Mystery756k WordsCompleted Our school has a famous apartment building. They say it was sealed off after the school was forced to close it because it was haunted. A few roommates and I were curious, so we went inside to investigate. To my dismay, some creature that was neither human nor ghost began following me! It claimed to be an official from the Underworld, commonly known as a ferryman, and had picked me to be its successor. Through schemes, sweet talk, and all kinds of tricks, I began walking the line between good and —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Set in a modern world, the Yin-Yang Hall operates at the boundary between the living and the dead, specializing in resolving injustices between the two realms. The female protagonist is the ferryman and heir of the Yin-Yang Hall, possessing the power to defy fate. She is also a shaman, a fashion designer, and knowledgeable in divination and magic. The male protagonist is the owner of the Yin-Yang Hall, a ghost king in the underworld, whose profession is to ferry evil spirits and vengeful ghosts who cannot cross the River of Oblivion.

50. 450 长 The Living Hell of the Immortal Realm 长生天之人间炼狱 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Urban235k WordsCompleted I'm the damn heir to the title of Great Emperor, yet I've been put through hell in the mortal world. When I return to claim my throne, I'll use my blade to wash away every humiliation I've suffered! Demon Emperor, just you wait! Fifteen days in heaven, one hundred and fifty years on earth. That's more than enough time! 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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