Male-Oriented, Ghost-Hunting and Corpse-Driving, No Female Lead, No Brain-Dead Plot 男频，收鬼，赶尸人，无女主，不要无脑的

1. 101 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves
2. 102 直 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.1kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
3. 103 尸 The Corpse Coffin's Ghostly Fragrance 尸棺鬼香 A Jiao阿椒Mystery104k WordsOngoing [The corpse sits in the coffin, the ghost eats incense] [Fate from a past life, continued in this one] A Maoshan Taoist’s path to raising ghosts... After his grandmother dies unexpectedly, Shen Lin happens upon the notes his grandfather left behind. From then on, he begins a ghost-hunting life in which he narrowly escapes death time and time again... 143Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Folk horror is the ultimate genre, folklore is the pinnacle.

4. 104 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
5. 105 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno 2.2kReads8.3Score265Shelves

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   An absolutely thrilling read, featuring the Japanese Nine Chrysanthemums faction, also known as "The Strongest Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site." Content includes (Feng Shui secrets + supernatural events + Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui (a type of mythical creature) + Bureau 749 + Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism, and Legalism + Qimen Dunjia + Mohist mechanical arts + Lu Ban's techniques + mechanical maneuver battles + Gu fighting + reincarnation of a Living Buddha)! Written from the perspective of a Feng Shui master, it interprets the essence of the three major schools of thought: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism...

6. 106 哽 The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery408k WordsCompleted A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end! 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Many terrifying legends remain from the dusty years, each with its own true story. The eerie survival rules of the village, the lingering sinister atmosphere in the old house, the dangers that are imperceptible to the naked eye are everywhere, and life-or-death crises can strike at any moment. Wielding a sword to suppress evil and protect the world, solving all kinds of strange mysteries, this book is full of Chinese horror flavor, and the more you read, the more chills you feel!

7. 107 柜 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 55Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Walking on the boundary between Yin and Yang, your senses will be completely enveloped by endless cold. The surrounding scenery will gradually lose its original appearance, and the familiar environment will become increasingly strange and terrifying. An inexplicable dragging sensation will occasionally entangle your body, and the invisible constraints will make it difficult to break free. The surrounding silence will be oppressive and suffocating, with only eerie sounds echoing in the darkness. Immerse yourself in unlocking a series of strange events and confront the irresistible power of the underworld!

8. 108 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
9. 109 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves
10. 110 神 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 Three Winds 11三风11Urban3.4M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 178.3kReads9.7Score21.4kShelves

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    It's so cute!!!

11. 111 鬼EN Demon Slayer: How to Raise a Meal Hashira 鬼灭之刃：饭柱的养成手册 Lu Wants a Sesame Seed陆要芝麻粒Anime Fanfiction491k WordsCompleted After Haruto went through hell to complete his demon swordsman training, he headed to Mount Fujikasane to take part in the selection. Suddenly, a line of comments floated before his eyes: What a handsome guy. Too bad he's going to die in the next second. Moments later, the Hand Demon hidden on Mount Fujikasane pierced his heart, and he bought the farm. When he found himself back on Mount Fujikasane, Haruto thought it had all been a dream. Then another line of comments flashed before his eyes: Th 15.7kReads9.7Score1.8kShelves
12. 112 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 148.7kReads9.7Score13.6kShelves
13. 113 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.2kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves
14. 114 明 Arknights: Medicine Can't Save Terra 明日方舟：学医救不了泰拉 Yao Yan垚焱Anime Fanfiction2.9M WordsCompleted (Arknights) (Transmigration) (Younger Sister) (The early plot develops normally, then things go off the rails later) (So much angst) (Also known as: Arknights: Studying Medicine Won't Save Terra; On Terra, Weak and Pitiful Yet Invincible) This land has a long history of devouring white-haired people without leaving so much as a bone. But Qi Yan says, fine by me. I can just grow them back anyway. Faced with this land that thrives on tormenting people, Qi Yan can only turn the tables and torment i 52.9kReads9.7Score5.4kShelves
15. 115 星EN Honkai: Star Rail: Dreaming of the Starry River 星穹铁道：揽星河入梦 A Stone Lion一头石狮子Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Honkai Impact 3rd] [Honkai: Star Rail] [Honkai: Star Rail] It was an evening when ashes fell from the sky. A woman stood at the entrance to an orphanage, holding a black umbrella. “Since your wish in this life has been fulfilled, come with me.” “I just want to make sure: you have a taciturn older brother and a younger sister addicted to the internet. You’re divorced and widowed, and your ex-husband is buried?” “Of course!” “And you guarantee this is a normal, loving family, not some notorious i 20.9kReads9.6Score2.3kShelves
16. 116 冒EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 497.6kReads9.7Score72.9kShelves
17. 117 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves
18. 118 学EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 310.7kReads9.8Score31.1kShelves
19. 119 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves
20. 120 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5kShelves
21. 121 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 957.1kReads9.6Score121.4kShelves
22. 122 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
23. 123 道 A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain + Passionate + Has Brothers + Urban Training + Witty + Wish Fulfillment + Ghost Hunting + Zombie Slaying + Organized Group + Cracking Down on Cultivator Crime + Horror] A hostess at a leisure center is sucking people's blood essence. Get rid of her! People keep jumping into the river? A water ghost is harming people. You still want to help it pass on? It harmed people, so get rid of it! A shoddily built tower is haunted... Huh! The ghost lady has earned mer 5.7kReads9.4Score584Shelves

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    You might want to take a look at this book.

24. 124 秘 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 95Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 125 凶 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开，青丝缠人拖入柜 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常18k WordsCompleted The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 我 I Perform Exorcisms in a Strange World 我在诡异世界跳大神 Lost Fish Mint迷途鱼腥草Mystery983k WordsOngoing My name is Chen Ping'an. I’m a con man, and not a very good one. I broke my neck while performing an exorcism. When I opened my eyes again, I was in a terrifying otherworld overrun by strange creatures, where night itself claimed lives. From the start, I had only an oil lamp on the verge of going out, the “Yin-Guarding Lamp,” and a cold number on the back of my hand: [Remaining lifespan: 50 years]. It wasn’t until I was backed into a corner that I awakened my ability to “summon gods by spending 520Reads6.0Score103Shelves

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27. 127 7 Bureau 747: Special Affairs Division Nine 747局之特殊事物处理九科 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Urban770k WordsCompleted Do you really know the colleagues around you? What about your classmates and family? The person you've lived with for years, the one you know best, might not even be human! In this world, humans and demons coexist. Demons can live among you in all sorts of ways. “They” might be the man selling jianbing on the street, or they might be your boss! If a top special forces soldier hadn't awakened his family's bloodline in a panic while carrying out a highly classified special mission, and then joined 702Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Do you really understand your family and friends? Perhaps they aren't human at all, maybe they're demons! If it weren't for a special forces soldier participating in a highly classified mission, none of this would have been known to the world…

28. 128 阴 The Underworld’s Third Party: Field Receptionist for Ghosts 阴间第三方：鬼怪外勤接待员 Little Song the Postman from the Other Shore彼岸邮差小宋Mystery193k WordsOngoing [A hilarious ghost-hunting story! Two male leads! No romance whatsoever! If that's not your thing, don't read!] [Hilarious ghost-hunting + no CP + no harem + no face-slapping] “Officer, I've told you everything. We came here to hunt ghosts!” “Someone take him in for a psychiatric evaluation.” “Wait! The real reason I trespassed in that house was that I fell in love with Grandpa Li at first sight!” “...” A story with two male leads and no female lead, with serious comedy and serious ghost-hunting 4Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Haha, I love novels without a female lead, they're so much more exciting to read! The content is so interesting, and the male lead, Wan Jiabao, is especially hilarious and funny. He gets tricked right at the beginning and becomes a living dead person, thus starting his mission as a field receptionist.

29. 129 现 The Modern Celestial Master: The Little Corpse-Driving Daoist 现代天师之赶尸小道长 Pillar of Flames in the Alleyways市井巷的烈焰之柱Mystery237k WordsCompleted On a night in mysterious western Hunan, moonlight spills across an ancient flagstone road as mist drifts through the air. A corpse-driving Taoist priest, dressed in a Daoist robe and gripping a peachwood sword, solemnly leads several jiangshi dressed in Qing Dynasty official robes along a winding mountain path. Eerie trees surround them, and now and then, the cries of night owls break the silence... 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not bad!

30. 130 住 I Moved into Dorm 404 and Uncovered a Deadly Campus Mystery 住进404宿舍，我看破校园凶局 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery239k WordsOngoing Feng shui, the supernatural, campus life, society: everything you're looking for is here! A story is just a story. Even if someone has experienced something similar in real life, I hope you'll still treat this as just a story! Don't get too caught up in it! Finally, may you, dear reader, stay safe and well! 33Reads—Score104Shelves

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    It's terrifying!

31. 131 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is about a corpse-driver who collects ghosts. It has a very authentic Chinese horror feel, with meticulous attention to folk customs. The protagonist fights ghosts and monsters with his wits, relying entirely on his brains instead of a system. The plot twists one after another, making it a very enjoyable read.

32. 132 茅 Heir to Maoshan’s Exorcist Tradition 茅山驱邪传人 Limitless Swordsmanship无极剑法Mystery119k WordsOngoing As the saying goes, the Dao gives birth to one, one to two, two to three, and three to all things. Of all the Taoist sects in China, the Maoshan lineage is perhaps the most shrouded in mystery and legend. Maoshan arts have been passed down since ancient times to benefit the people, with all paths returning to the same source. Every night at midnight, a woman dressed in white appears in the school building. Most disturbing of all, she has no head. A strange paranormal rumor sets off a terrifying, 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is excellent. The protagonist is not a saint, but a Taoist priest from Maoshan. It's a humorous supernatural story.

33. 133 山 Yin-Yang Travels in a Mountain Village 山村阴阳行 Writing About the Realm提笔论江山Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Chen Jiujin, and I'm a wandering tradesman. To put it plainly, when someone has a haunting on their hands, they hire me to take a look. This time, I came to Zhou Family Village. A seventeen-year-old girl had been followed by something foul. She drank chicken blood, dug up graves in the middle of the night, and kept repeating the same words: “Give me back my life.” I thought it was just an ordinary wandering ghost. But I was wrong. The thing inside that girl's belly wasn't a ghost. It 2.8kReads6.4Score213Shelves

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    This is exactly what you need.

34. 134 探 The Paranormal Investigator 探诡达人 Tan Is on Fire谭冒火了Mystery312k WordsOngoing My name is Qi Yue. I was born in the seventh lunar month, so that’s how I got my name. I’m a restaurant reviewer, and I’ve been doing this for five years. I made a little money in the first few years, but after the pandemic, the jobs became fewer and fewer. I wanted to switch to another line of work, but I didn’t know how to do anything else, so I had no choice but to keep struggling. With my pockets nearly empty, I desperately searched online for similar jobs. At last, I found a well-paid posit 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This woman ignored warnings and randomly clicked on apps, almost costing herself her life.

35. 135 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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    Ghost hunting, exciting, worth watching, recommended.

36. 136 铃 The Bell Shakes the Mountains and Rivers 铃动山河 Master of the Study of Antiquity稽古斋主Mystery475k WordsCompleted Hardcore worldbuilding: the Maoshan Taoist ghost-hunting tradition, the secret Shaolin art of guiding ghosts to the afterlife, Seven Star fate-reading, the Wu people’s shamanic medicine, and their logical integration with modern technology. Urban setting, supernatural mysteries, ghost hunting, schemes, corpse retrievers, corpse-carrying teams, corpse drivers, zombies, curses, and Southeast Asian horror stories. *Modern military life × ancient metaphysics*: Secret lineages and supernatural crises 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Maoshan Taoist priests, spirit mediums, witch doctors exorcising ghosts, and dragons.

37. 137 雪 Life-and-Death Gambit in the Snowlands 雪域生死局 Trusted Washlet心腹大浣Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Chinese Folk Horror + Gods and Ghosts + Folk Legends + Secret-Realm Exploration + Mystery and Deduction + Strong Allies] At an antique fair in Lhasa, I stumbled upon an ancient Tibetan stone tablet. Curious about its contents, I accepted an invitation to join a merchant named Lao Gun and the team he had assembled to search for goods. Together, we ventured deep into the barren mountains of northern Tibet to investigate an ancient temple. I never expected the old temple to conceal such mysteries. 8kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    No female lead, mystery adventure theme, male lead is highly intelligent and super good at fighting, he doesn't waste words and just takes action!

38. 138 神 Detective Di Renjie, Book Five 神探狄仁杰第五部 Northwest Brother Mao西北毛哥Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing In the final years of Emperor Wu of the Tang dynasty, the capital Luoyang had finally begun to settle down. After the brilliant detective Di Renjie exposed the Burning Heaven Fire at the Shanjin Bureau, the rebellion in Youzhou, and the Blood Eagle's chain of murders, he retired from public life and settled in the Southern Market, hoping to enjoy his twilight years in peace. But when all is quiet, trouble is never far away. After a banquet in the Eastern Palace, Crown Prince Li Xian suddenly fa 629Reads8.8Score122Shelves

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    Where is Su Wuming?

39. 139 我 My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery276k WordsCompleted I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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40. 140 我 Among the Otherworldly 我在异人间 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Urban534k WordsCompleted I am descended from the Sage Yangming. When I was born, countless bolts of heavenly thunder circled our old family home and crashed down. Could it be because the last dragon and phoenix in the world died right outside my house, and now they want me to pay with my life? 17Reads6.9Score—Shelves
41. 141 第 Day 49: The Whole Internet Watches Me Tear Through the Horse-Shaman World 第49天，全网看我杀穿出马仙 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery318k WordsCompleted [The first novel online to tackle the “spirit-medium” genre from an opposing perspective] Before my dad died, he left me a blood curse: “If you meet a god, beat it. If you see an immortal, kill it.” Now the whole village is made up of spirit mediums, and I'm the only ordinary person left. They livestream “catching an old immortal,” so I report them and get their accounts banned. They stage “the Tragic King being killed,” so I expose their tricks on the spot. Then I rescue a snow-white fox, and i 13Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 142 民 The People Who Borrow Lives 民间借命人 Na Baodi那宝帝Mystery300k WordsOngoing My name is Chen San, and I deal in objects associated with the dead. When I was eighteen, I acquired a paper effigy from the Republican era. Ever since, I’ve dreamed of the same woman every night. In every dream, she asks me, “When are you coming to join me?” To stay alive, I set out on a strange quest to uncover the truth. The century-old corpse king at the corpse-driving inn, the bronze coffin beneath the Yellow River, the secret paper effigy craft of western Hunan... Only when I opened my gra —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one is also good.

43. 143 雪 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 Guo Xiaotang郭筱棠Mystery868k WordsOngoing A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A collection of short supernatural tales and ghost stories! It also includes alien stories! Lots of zombie and drought demon tales! Ghost stories!

44. 144 怪 Tales of the Supernatural: Ghost-Hunting Venerable 怪谈之捉鬼天尊 Blue Forest Night Wind蓝林夜风Mystery176k WordsOngoing Eight severed-head mountains form a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, imprisoning Song An’s first eight incarnations. To ensure that Song An can grow up safely in his ninth life, a mysterious eminent monk comes to the mortal world. Unfortunately, this time Song An is born on the night of the Ghost Festival, and is also a child of extreme yin, with all eight characters of his birth chart belonging to yin. Even stranger, nine days and nine nights of blood rain fall before Song An’s birth. For —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not mindless, but a serious ghost story!

45. 145 7 Bureau 749'S Yu Wuchang: The Stronger the Monsters, the Wilder I Get 749局玉无常，怪物越强我越狂 Fantasy-Struck Baboon幻想症狒狒Urban348k WordsOngoing [Just launched, rating will rise][No pressure][No taking abuse][A ruthless goofball] After transmigrating, Yu Jiu finally encountered his golden finger at the age of nineteen: the Mysterious Records of Yin and Yang. He can gain supernatural abilities by containing monsters, and even level them up. From then on, the 749 Bureau had a new monster-containment intern, one who got more excited the stronger the ghosts and monsters were. "Contained , acquired supernatural ability: Body 249Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist of this story transmigrates and awakens his cheat ability, the "Mysterious Impermanence Record," at the age of nineteen. This allows him to gain supernatural powers by capturing monsters and even level up to join the 749 (a fictional organization). From then on, the protagonist, clad in a mysterious robe with Black and White Impermanence fluttering behind him, leads a band of ghostly soldiers carrying the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, plunging headlong into the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts with a sinister grin. It's a fast-paced, action-packed story with no female lead.

46. 146 黄 Yellow River Corpse Collector: Rules of the Yin River 黄河捞尸人：阴河守则 Mang Sha of the Southern Frontier Road南疆道的莽沙Mystery157k WordsCompleted The Yellow River stretches for thousands of miles, its muddy waves surging into the sky. The water beneath its surface is no ordinary water: it is filled with the bodies of people who died unjustly. The Yellow River has been the site of many strange happenings since ancient times, and corpse retrieval is the coldest, darkest trade of all. Before entering the trade, you must first obey the three rules of the Underworld River: never retrieve a corpse standing upright, never retrieve a woman in red —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is also very well written; those who are interested can take a look. It's a bit scary, so those who are easily frightened should avoid it.

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