Funny Supernatural Stories with Taoist Priests: No Idiots, No Overpowered Nonsense, and No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroes 灵异文搞笑，道士，不脑残，牛逼，不圣母

1. 1 东 Northeastern Ghost Doctor: I Cure Every Kind of Defiance! 东北鬼医：专治各种不服！ Buddhist-Style Grind King佛系卷王Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Mystery and wild ideas] [Hilarious power fantasy] [Folk horror] [Invincible protagonist] [No female lead] (The short drama adaptation, Northeast Ghost Doctor: Five Ghosts Carry Me on My Journey from the Start, is now available on Tomato Short Drama.) Chen Shian, a ghost doctor from Northeast China born under the "Tenfold Peace" destiny, descends the mountain at his master's command to heal the world. With silver needles in his left hand, he cures ailments caused by ghosts; with his right fist, 27.3kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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   A hilarious yet slightly edgy Northeastern supernatural story. As the title suggests, the protagonist has a thick Northeastern accent, which is very funny, and he's a cure for ghost-related ailments. Er Gou is also incredibly funny, and the folk customs and rules are portrayed very realistically.

2. 2 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 154kReads9.6Score20.1kShelves

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   A book perfect for bedtime reading; you'll be so engrossed you'll look up and realize it's already dawn! [Got it!] Genre: Humorous, heartwarming, fortune-telling, supernatural—a thought-provoking and enjoyable read! Synopsis: The grandfather was beheaded for molesting a palace maid, leading to the family's downfall. The protagonist's mother threw her four-year-old self into a mass grave in a coffin. By chance, the protagonist becomes an apprentice to a ghost master, saving her life and being taught to be a capable person. Years later, she returns to the capital… Highlights: 1. Excellent writing! Logically rigorous, with a smooth plot, mature writing style, natural and well-developed character motivations, and no flaws. 2. Episodic story format! The grandmother is terminally ill, and the sacred lotus lamp offered before the Bodhisattva statue bears the blood and tears of a high monk who died unexpectedly; a six-year-old child, lost and then found, cries every night and even attempts to kill his mother; a female ghost lurks in the blood-stained cellar, waiting for whom?; Beside the rabbit lantern sealed for many years, the spirit of the eldest daughter of the Duke's mansion, like a madwoman, lingers, unable to find peace; why is her body hidden in the vast sea of ​​people…? 3. The theme is profound! Discussing the family of origin seems too general, but this book sets a specific example: when a person's father or mother has significant moral flaws and inherently dislikes or even hates them, what kind of attitude can you have? (The book portrays the protagonist's mother as selfish and narrow-minded towards all four children, but she hates the protagonist the most.) I believe the author subtly conveys her thoughts through the different behaviors of the four children in the same family: The eldest brother – raised by his grandmother from a young age, escaping his mother, is upright, kind, and responsible as an adult, but has a cold relationship with his mother. The second brother – raised by his mother from childhood, he is used as a tool to control his father, physically weak and psychologically dark, knowingly being used yet compromising and becoming a sacrifice for family stability. The female lead – sealed in a coffin and thrown into a mass grave by her birth mother at the age of four, she grows up to become the leader of the Hidden Sect after more than ten years away, returning to the capital with detached emotions and a broad mind, unexpectedly gaining the affection and friendship of her siblings. The youngest brother – unenlightened and blinded by his own perspective, he becomes his mother's lackey without realizing it, a pitiful, hateful, and laughable figure. These four characters' attitudes towards their flawed family relationships are respectively: escaping but caring; enduring but resentful; broad-minded and indifferent; and being a companion yet pitiful. Different readers may resonate with different characters, but in real life, we may not have a sister like the female lead to guide us, after all, most people's lives are not a wish-fulfillment story. Reading this book might heal you after a long day; for a moment, just enjoy it.

3. 3 出 True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年 Four Happiness Pavilion四喜阁Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con 84.7kReads9.6Score8kShelves

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   Check out my brother Tie's daily divination routine from the Northeast Shamanic divination series, thanks! [Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work]

4. 4 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.2kReads9.4Score6kShelves

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   The first audiobook has no female lead.

5. 5 邪 The Evil Spirit Child 邪气儿 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery882k WordsCompleted In the old days, the second of the eight pillars in a bandit stronghold was called the Sky-Pillar. He was the toughest bandit in the gang, the best fighter and the sharpest shot. Since the Sky-Pillar had a dragon tattoo, he was also known as the Mountain-Rolling Dragon. A true Mountain-Rolling Dragon did more than rob the living. He would even snatch the possessions of the dead, daring to challenge powerful spirits for their territory with nothing but a knife, and pry money from the hands of cor 220Reads6.9Score—Shelves
6. 6 我 I Came from the Yellow Springs 我来自黄泉 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted At the border between yin and yang, at the mouth of the Yellow Springs, the living guard the Thirteen Ghost Gates. The prison governor, the jailers, and the Brocade-Robed Marquis; at the post station for the dead, a mountain dog keeps watch. The door gods, the water nymph, the Confucius Temple; red lanterns and white funeral banners circle the streets. This ghost ballad, missing one line, conceals a world-shaking secret. I was a child my grandfather stole from the Yellow Springs, so before I was 16.7kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
7. 7 你 Just Because You Can't See It Doesn't Mean It Doesn't Exist 你看不见不代表不存在 Big Fish铁鱼大大Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted There are many strange events involving spirits, ghosts, and monsters in this world. To most ordinary people, they're just jokes or stories. Science explains them as changes caused by magnetic fields. But science ends where the occult begins. Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Ji Shisan grows from a novice who has just entered the spirit world into a powerful figure who shapes it. Alongside his companions, he safeguards order throughout China, gathers ancient div 2Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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   You won't regret staying up all night to finish it! Every detail points to something unseen.

8. 8 我 My Sect Has Eleven Graves 我的门派有十一座坟 Ten Lifetimes, This Life十世今生Mystery997k WordsCompleted Fantasy and the supernatural, with a lighthearted, humorous tone and a touch of horror. My name is Zhang Shiyi. I have ten senior brothers, so my name is Zhang Shiyi. But all ten of my senior brothers are dead. They’re lying in the graves outside. What? My master? He’s dead too. The biggest, roundest grave is his. Haha~ Well, congratulations, then~ Get ready to sing: Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to you, hey! Congratulations, congratulations to you~ 24.6kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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   Funny, features a Taoist priest, not brainless, and an awesome driver.

9. 9 时 The Time-Space Patrol 时空巡逻队 Don't Come Near Me莫挨到老子Historical156k WordsOngoing What do you do if King You of Zhou stages the Beacon Fire incident, but Bao Si doesn't laugh? No problem. I'll be more beautiful and more depressed than Bao Si. King You of Zhou, are you up for the challenge? What do you do if Liu Bang is about to die at the Hong Gate Banquet? No problem. Just take down Xiang Yu and his wife. What do you do if Li Longji doesn't fall for Yang Yuhuan? I'll tie Yang Yuhuan up and stuff her into your bed, okay? What do you do if Zhu Qizhen is about to flee at Tumu F 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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10. 10 我 I'm a Fortune-Telling Streamer, and the Whole Internet Is Fighting for a Spot 我算命主播，一个名额让全网疯抢 Ren Xiao Shi牣小十Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Wang Yue transmigrates to a parallel world and inherits a fortune-telling shop on the verge of closing down. His 300-jin landlady is also eyeing him hungrily. Luckily, the System may be late, but it finally arrives, activating the Divine Fortune-Telling System at a crucial moment. From then on, he makes a point of telling fortunes in unconventional ways. Other people read palms, but he tells fortunes by looking at photos. Wang Yue: “You there, kindred spirit. I see a terrible omen hanging over y 23.2kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves

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    ★★★ I'm only recommending this one. It's absolutely hilarious. If you don't like it after reading the first chapter, I'll eat my hat. It's the pinnacle of the fortune-telling comedy genre. The rating is definitely inaccurate; it should be close to 10.0. The hilarious lines and mind-blowing creativity will leave you in awe of the author's witty and ingenious humor.

11. 11 三 The Big Shots of All Three Realms Spoil Me, but I Just Want to Deal with the Supernatural 三界大佬都宠我，我只想解决灵异 Mimi Cupcake咪咪小蛋糕Two Male Leads501k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + supernatural + suspense + everyone’s favorite + seemingly pure but secretly dark, sickly beauty + irresistible heartthrob] Ji Lin transmigrates into a supernatural world where several novels have merged, becoming a fake Taoist who’s a cannon-fodder doomed to die within three chapters. The good news: he’s bound to the [Spirit-Saving System]. The bad news: the System’s functions are intricately linked Want to cure Male Lead One’s disability? First catch demons and earn 813Reads—Score108Shelves

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    A supernatural story featuring two male protagonists! The supernatural dungeons aren't scary, but the levels keep getting higher. The main characters are handsome, strong, tragic, and incredibly popular.

12. 12 替 Living for the Dead: I Devour the Bizarre in the Human World 替死者而活：我在人间吞噬诡异 Wind Who Loves Reading爱看书的風Mystery243k WordsOngoing [This novel is a serious supernatural mystery] Qi Guang died, and I took his place. An inhuman being, surviving in a borrowed body, without warmth or an understanding of humanity. I can devour every supernatural entity. I carry all of his memories, imitate his life, and learn to understand warmth, the bustle of everyday life, and the bonds between people. The human world meant nothing to me, until I met Mu Chen and gained a family I wanted to protect, along with an ordinary daily life. But the 301Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not funny, but profound. [Book Recommendation/Free] Looking for fans of pure supernatural dramas and the destined bond between two male leads. The book is titled "Living in Place of the Dead: I Devour the Strange in the Human World." [Warnings]: Not a traditional wish-fulfillment novel, not a rule-based supernatural mystery, no female lead, no harem. A slow-burn serious drama, focusing on how an outcast learns to be human and maintain daily life, with a very strong atmosphere. [Highlights]: The protagonist is an outcast who possesses a body and can devour strange creatures; his childhood friend is a psychic support, the two are a perfect match. Currently, it's almost 200,000 words long, and the plot is getting intense! The protagonist just awakened his spatial ability in the Grand Theater dungeon, and his nemesis villain lost an arm to survive! Due to platform tag mismatch, there hasn't been much traffic in the early stages, so I'm asking readers who genuinely like this genre to give it a try. If you find the first few chapters slow, be patient and read a few more; you definitely won't be disappointed.

13. 13 7 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 I'm Not a Madam, Am I?我不是太太吧？Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves

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    Hilarious from start to finish! The duo of Li Budu and Loulan have a unique style. They venture deep into a gloomy ancient tomb to carry out a mission, but instead of being nervous or scared, they leisurely nibble on rare spiritual pearls and immerse themselves in watching the melodramatic entanglements of the ghosts in the coffin. Their hardcore ghost hunting instantly turns into a gossip session, full of fun and contrast. Go for it!

14. 14 天 The Taoist Master's Wife Is a Spirit Medium 天师道长的出马仙儿老婆 Strong Ginkgo Leaf强壮的银杏叶Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Twenty-five years ago, the Kiku School from Japan used every sort of scheme to persecute the various branches of China’s occult world. Xuan De, the Taoist master then leading Maoshan, joined forces with experts from Longhu Mountain, the Northeastern Shamanic sect, and a mysterious organization within the Chinese government. Together, they foiled the Kiku School’s plan to wipe out China’s occult traditions. Twenty-five years later, Zhang Xuanqing, the private disciple of Maoshan’s current master 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Supernatural + Romance!! Master Xuantong: "Go down the mountain to undergo your tribulation, and while you're at it, marry your wife." Zhang Xuanqing: "Master, are you sure this shaman isn't here to bring me bad luck?"

15. 15 女 A Female Ghost Shows Up Pregnant, and You Say You're a Proper Daoist? 女鬼怀孕上门你说你是正经道士？ Fined Into Bankruptcy for Being Handsome因帅被罚破产Mystery4.1M WordsOngoing [Mystery Solving] [Ghost Stories] [Chinese Folk Traditions] Su Yun is an heir to the Yin-Yang School, one of the pre-Qin traditions. Introduced by an acquaintance, he went on a blind date and met his girlfriend. After they broke up, Su Yun prepared to turn her into a zombie. Just as the process was nearly complete on the seventh day, a policewoman burst in and arrested him for murder. Su Yun: “I'm innocent! My ex-girlfriend was a flight attendant, fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged. Why wo 221kReads9.1Score23.8kShelves

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    It's so good-looking, I love watching it, I want to watch it again.

16. 16 掐 One Quick Calculation, and I Know You’re a Fugitive! 掐指一算，你是逃犯！ Red Flowers and Green Willows花红柳绿Mystery4.2M WordsOngoing Su Chen, a top-tier celestial master, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a widower with the same name. His wife has just died, and his five children are crying for food. After searching the entire house, he finds only ten yuan. Without hesitation, Su Chen takes the money to Chunming Street, the busiest street in the city, and puts an ad in the newspaper: “Fortune-telling. If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Granny, your daughter didn't go missing. She's in the stove at your son-in-law's house.” A 46.6kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves

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    📖Hilarious, awesome!🇨🇳 He even claims he doesn't know martial arts: A guy transmigrates and gets a system. The system transforms a fake book he bought for twenty yuan from a street stall into a powerful, real one. He's just dealt with an incident when the relevant departments find a suitable situation and assign him a task. [Facepalm]

17. 17 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves

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    ❗Help! Are Taoist priests these days really this outrageous? Instead of using talismans for exorcism, they do stand-up comedy, and they slice apples with a peach wood sword faster than they slice melons! They don't exorcise demons but chat with them, and even help the ghost brother register for a matchmaking event! Hilarious antics that will make you laugh until your abs hurt, incredibly morally upright and not a saint, high-energy from start to finish, a sure-fire investment!

18. 18 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves

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    Recommended, love it!

19. 19 天 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 Big Eggplant大茄子Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 248.3kReads9.1Score59.8kShelves
20. 20 杀 The Assassin Lu Yutang 杀手陆鱼塘 Dharma Name: One More Watch法号一更Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No transmigration, no System.) Lu Yutang, a professional killer, never imagined that his wealthy landlady would turn out to be a police detective, living right across the hall from him. What a predicament. (Other works in this series are now available. Visit the author’s page.) 39.5kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
21. 21 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves
22. 22 百 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 Yi People's Firelight彝人烟火Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 115kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves
23. 23 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves

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    🔥Great read, you won't regret it!🔥 After the Sage severed the connection between Heaven and Earth, the Crown Prince of the Supreme Beings underwent nine lifetimes of life and death to repay his ancestral debts. This book tells the story of the ninth lifetime. Born from a corpse, on the day of my birth, a multitude of ghosts gathered. To protect my special constitution, the Willow Immortal trained a snake skin left behind by our ascended ancestor, and from then on, the Willow Immortal raised me. One family could offer sacrifices to one immortal, but my family offered sacrifices to five, and they even trained it themselves. There's also an old tree immortal in my home, standing tall to protect the house. The Blessing and House-Protecting Deity treats me with great respect, and I even made a good brother with him...

24. 24 触 I Broke Folk Taboos, Yet Became the Strongest Taoist Priest 触碰民间禁忌，我却成为最强道士 Lone Swordheart孤高剑心Mystery141k WordsCompleted It all started when I got drunk and took a leak by a roadside grave. After breaking a rural taboo, one strange thing after another began to haunt me. My grandfather was a well-known spirit medium in the countryside of Yu Province, and our family worshipped fox spirits at a shrine. There are no peerless thunder techniques, no golden finger upgrades. Rural graves, ill omens when red and white festivities collide, spirit mediums making their rounds, the troops serving beneath the Mount Tai Goddess: 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good book stands up to repeated scrutiny from readers! This is the most mind-bending suspense and supernatural novel of the last decade—a true masterpiece!

25. 25 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    Of the three hundred unorthodox and heretical paths, only I, the Ghost Master, dare to claim the title of King!

26. 26 道 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery11.7M WordsOngoing At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 186.2kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves

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    I thought the first book was alright, the second was alright too, the third was the absolute best, and the fourth was a set with the third.

27. 27 修 The First Great Mess in the Cultivation World 修仙界第一混乱 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted “Sect Master Sun, your sect is now a renowned sword sect in the northern cultivation world. What is your opinion of Dean Xu?” “I often tell people in the know that Dean Xu is my idol. People hunt him down, and he still tries to make friends and strike deals with them. He raises disciples until they reach Foundation Establishment, then stops teaching them and sells them off to other sects. Now his students are everywhere, and his people are all over the place.” “And how do the senior members of 175kReads9.5Score30.6kShelves

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    The two books are comparable, both boasting impressive credentials to save you.

28. 28 鬼 Haunted House Mysteries 鬼宅诡事 Fei Yiran妃怡然Mystery10k WordsCompleted Haunted House Mysteries 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A supernatural story! On the first day my stepmother took me home, I discovered a vengeful ghost in my room. I saw that my stepmother, younger brother, and younger sister didn't look like living people!

29. 29 山 A Country Bumpkin Comes to the City, Nothing Is Off-Limits 山炮进城，百无禁忌 Misty Rain and Gentle Breeze烟雨轻风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Dapao guards the village. Evil spirits stay away, and a hundred ghosts give it a wide berth! Chen Dapao was born and his parents died. At four, he sent off all twenty-four members of his clan. Raised on meals provided by the villagers, he leaves for the city after guarding his village for eighteen years... His motto in life: Make money, make money, and make more money; chase women, chase women, and chase more women... Now, please join us in enjoying this rare and refreshingly unconventional nove 11.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    Everything you need is here! Don't miss out, come check it out! [Laughing][Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn]

30. 30 我 I’m Hu Sheng, and I Dare to Take on the Underworld Bailiff 我虎剩，敢干阴差 Mushroom Alley蘑菇小巷Mystery410k WordsCompleted If you saw money lying on the ground outside a hospital, would you pick it up? Heh. But if you actually did, then congratulations: you've been caught! Once you pick up that money, bad luck will cling to you. At best, you'll come down with a fever or a cold. At worst, it might cost you your life. Don't ask how I know. After I picked up that money, I was plagued by bad luck and nearly lost my life... My name is Shen Yidong, and I'm a bona fide Northeastern guy. As my mom would say, I'm a bit of a 8.4kReads6.7Score203Shelves

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    Hilarious Evil Spirit Theme

31. 31 香 Incense Ashes: I'm a Yin-Yang Medium 香灰：我是阴阳女先生 Mushroom Alley蘑菇小巷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted If someone asks to borrow money from you in a dream, promise me you won’t lend it. Because what you’re lending isn’t money, it’s your life. … Grandma called me a debt-collecting demon, and Mom called me a bringer of bad luck. All because, when I was born, a fire broke out at home for no apparent reason, and the villagers rushed over to help put it out. But no matter what they did, they couldn’t extinguish the flames. The fire only slowly died down after half the village had burned to the ground. 6.9kReads9.1Score841Shelves
32. 32 小 Chen Buqi, the Little Taoist 小道士陈不欺 Big Sister Li李家大姐Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing Hello, everyone. My name is Chen Buqi. My professions include Taoist priest, locksmith, cook, phone repairman, driver, and tomb-raiding consultant…. I have too many to list them all. I was raised by my master and martial uncle! They were both incredible! I only learned that after coming back from my first year out in the world. Because I liked to play around, I also squandered a lot of techniques that people would have envied! Fortunately, I devoted myself to physiognomy and mastered two special 151kReads9.1Score13.3kShelves
33. 33 道 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery482k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 22.2kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
34. 34 镇 Suppressing Yin and Yang 镇阴阳 Dust in the Distance远方尘埃Mystery851k WordsCompleted [Supernatural The Underworld Comedy No female lead Not human] I used to think I was just an ordinary person. But on the day I was born, Yama sent a child into the world, ten thousand ghosts entered my body, and every ghost within a hundred miles hid in fear. The Underworld’s gods of the dead avoided me like the plague. In this life, I shall command yin and yang and tread the cycle of reincarnation. I only hope this song of sorrow ends in splendor… 4.1kReads9.0Score377Shelves

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    Part 1: I've had my fill of playing in the underworld, so I'm reincarnating into the mortal realm for some fun 😈😈😈 Hey, you "ghost," don't run away! [Cool][Cool][Cool] The protagonist has a powerful background and is hilarious. Part 2: I keep dreaming about my deceased grandfather asking me to send him money. Turns out, he's building an army in the underworld 👻👻👻 The protagonist is a simpleton with no enemies. Part 3: I only need to manage my students well, and my cultivation level will skyrocket, but you have to believe in science! [Drooling][Drooling][Drooling] The protagonist is seriously funny with no enemies.

35. 35 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves
36. 36 开 Waiting to Die from the Start? I Trick My Sick Friend into Applying to a Cultivation University 开局等死？忽悠病友报考修仙大学 A Young Man Like a Blade少年如刀Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Also known as: Is It Really So Strange for a Principal to Beat Up Demons and Monsters from Every Realm? Yu Nian transmigrates and fools his fellow patients into applying to his cultivation university. Laughs all the way, cultivates all the way! “He's chasing a plane on a flying sword, and you expect us to believe in science?” “Breaking news! A ten-year-old kid speedruns Fengmen Village, and ghosts flee in every direction!” “Is Yu Nian going through a tribulation? He randomly struck a few lucky v 3.6kReads8.6Score375Shelves
37. 37 骗 The Ghost-Deceiving Master 骗鬼大师 Xiang Hu Linglong湘虎玲珑Mystery336k WordsOngoing [Mystery] [Ghost Hunting] [Comedy] [Urban] [Scheming Hero] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] My master is a real oddball, so naturally, I didn’t turn out innocent or naive either. Armed with a peachwood sword, I roam the world, making a living catching ghosts. But don’t assume I have any profound magical arts. In truth, catching ghosts is all about bluffing! I can scare a timid little ghost into trembling with fear, and I can talk a century-old vengeful ghost into a complete daze. Watch as my peachwood —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Only those who are well-versed in ghostly nature can create bizarre ghost-catching tools, and only they can trick small ghosts into losing control of their bladders and large ghosts into having headaches.

38. 38 茅 Thirty Years on Maoshan 茅山三十年 September Stone九月石Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing ♥ Don’t let the rating fool you, my book is top-notch! A feel-good story about a Taoist priest who descends the mountain to catch ghosts and drive out evil. No romance, no saintly do-gooder. Traveling far and wide to vanquish demons and uphold the Dao. No padding, no rambling, no romance. 9.4kReads8.8Score750Shelves

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    This is already quite good. The protagonist is decisive and efficient, without being wishy-washy or overly sentimental.

39. 39 阴 The Yin-Yang Master Keeps Coming and Going 阴阳先生她走来走去 Eating Three Meals a Day每天吃上饭Mystery197k WordsOngoing There are 360 trades, and not one of them puts enough food on the table. What to do? Do them all! The protagonist is an orphan adopted by a feng shui master. But before he even turns sixteen, his master dies, leaving him alone with eight younger orphan disciples. To keep the family fed, the protagonist has no choice but to dabble in everything. (It's set in a partly fictional world. The overall timeline still follows modern history, but the author has a bad memory, and sometimes can't be bothere —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is incredibly skilled, but she's not a Taoist priest; she's a sorcerer. Some of the supernatural scams she pulls are really hilarious.

40. 40 三 Three Thousand Great Daos: My Outlaw System 三千大道，我的法外狂徒系统 Strange Author奇怪滴作者Eastern Fantasy236k WordsCompleted In the Realm of Immortality, everyone cultivates the Dao and pursues eternal life. But your protagonist is different: he has a "Lawless Outlaw" System that came with him when he transmigrated. The System isn't about fighting and killing. Instead, if he can find a bug in the world's rules and exploit it, he'll earn a reward. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the fantasy world of the Immortal Realm, a world that subverts conventional tropes by blending fantasy elements with modern tropes, everyone cultivates the Dao and pursues immortality. But your protagonist is different; he possesses a "Outlaw" system that he had before his transmigration. The core of this system isn't fighting and killing, but rather: as long as you find and exploit the bugs in the world's rules, you can obtain rewards.

41. 41 爷 Grandpa, Did You Really Start a Rebellion in the Underworld? 爷爷，您真在地府造反了？ A Big Shark一头大鲨鱼Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Campus Life, Everyday Moments, Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy, Supernatural, Shameless Antics, Unhinged Behavior] “Good grandson, Grandpa's out of money for the war. Hurry up and burn me some cash!” Zhang Di got nightmares like this at least once a day, but never thought much of them. Until one day, he dreamed his grandpa was fuming: “You little brat, why is it so hard to burn me some money? Fine, I'll send someone up there to teach you how to burn joss paper, step by step!” Grandpa's attacking a city? 17.3kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
42. 42 九 After Maxing Out the Nine Suns Divine Skill, I Became a Living Forbidden Spell 九阳神功满级后，我成了人形禁咒 Drinking Water Won't Make You Gain Weight喝水不长肉Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Ghosts’ Worst Nightmare] [Ghost King Slayer] [Demon Meat Grinder] [Human-Shaped Forbidden Spell] Su Mo transmigrates to an era where the supernatural has returned, and from the start receives a love letter written by a female ghost! It’s unexpected, touching, and potentially deadly! Luckily, his Super Enhancement System awakens. A knockoff Nine Suns Divine Art? Enhance it! Nine Suns Devouring Heaven Art! Turn your body into a furnace, condense your blood and qi into a sun, and refine the evil g 108.7kReads8.6Score7.3kShelves

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    See? It just won't stop!

43. 43 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 112.4kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves
44. 44 剑 Eighty Years in the Sword Pavilion, Then I Emerged as an Earthly Immortal 剑阁八十年，出世陆地神仙 Am I a God?我是神吗Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing The original novel behind the hit short drama “Earthly Sword Immortal: Eighty Years Guarding the Sword Pavilion” Meng Fan, gifted with the talent “Swordsmanship as Divine,” is reborn in a cultivation world and becomes the sword keeper of the Sword Pavilion at the Shushan Sword Sect. Touching the “Seven Stars Sword,” he obtains the Seven Stars Sword Art. Touching the “Demon-Suppressing Sword,” he obtains the Sword Intent of Demon Slaying. Touching the “Fuxi Sword,” he obtains the Fuxi Divine Body 24kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
45. 45 欢 The Jolly Taoist 欢乐道士 Zou Ban走板Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Little Taoist: “Magic and stuff isn't scientific at all. It's just a way to fool outsiders and earn a living.” Some Master: “Isn't that just an excuse because you can't learn magic at all?” Some Immortal: “The Taoist master is a peerless writer, learned in ancient and modern times, surrounded by wives and concubines, revered by all under heaven and in the heavens above, unmatched by anyone, and hated by both humans and gods... Ahem, I mean, revered by both humans and gods! The next five thousand 1.1kReads8.3Score124Shelves
46. 46 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 475.8kReads9.7Score67.4kShelves
47. 47 忘 The Tribulation of the Forgotten River 忘川劫 Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Ancient Romance172k WordsCompleted [“Cold and ruthless God of War” Moxi VS “Heartless Stone Spirit” Sansheng] “If you can catch me, I’ll be yours!” She is the Three-Life Spirit Stone by the River of Forgetfulness, beside the other shore’s flowers, guiding souls through the consequences of their deeds. He is the renowned God of War of the Nine Heavens, with no room for personal feelings, devoted only to all living beings. A stone has no heart, and a warrior no tenderness. Though they are worlds apart, a casual remark binds them to 28.4kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves

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    What a coincidence! The subject matter is novel, the plot is exciting, and the length is short! Everyone stayed up all night to watch it!

48. 48 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves

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    I'd like to recommend some books to everyone; the novels on this list are all excellent and well worth reading!

49. 49 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 518.8kReads9.7Score68.3kShelves
50. 50 这 This Taoist Priest Is a Little Too Cool 这个道士不太冷 Ghost Hunter, Big Brother抓鬼大师兄Mystery802k WordsCompleted My name is Niu Dabao, and I’m the only college graduate in Niu Village. I thought that after graduation, I’d get promoted, earn a bigger salary, marry a beautiful, rich woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Who knew the company would go under and the boss would kill himself? I didn’t get a single penny of my wages, couldn’t even afford rent, and had to sleep at the train station every night! Then a ragged Taoist priest told me I was dogged by bad luck and possessed by a host of ghosts, and that 798Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    🍐🍎🍐Reading ten thousand books, one's heart remains tender! The first book mainly tells the story of: My name is Niu Dabao, the only college student in Niujia Village. I thought I could get a promotion after graduation... As the pages gently turn, the words seem to possess a magical power, taking you into a world full of poetry and romance, a world of love and hate, joy and sorrow...🍐🍎🍐 May every morning be filled with hope, may every night be filled with starlight, may your path be adorned with flowers, and may your heart always be filled with warmth.

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