Urban Stories About Jiangshi, Maoshan Taoism, and the Like 都市僵尸茅山之类的

1. 51 僵 My Date with a Vampire: Ten Years of Sign-Ins, Then I Emerge as a Zombie God 僵约：签到十年，出山即僵神 Wu Yu乌羽Urban388k WordsCompleted [This book will mostly ignore the original plot and follow an original storyline] He activates the Divine Sign-In System. He signs in on the third floor of Jiajia Building and receives the reward [Pangu Zombie Bloodline]. He signs in in Wang Zhenzhen's room and receives the reward [A bag of the purest blood, freshly drawn and 100% fresh]. Knowing how dangerous this world is, Su Ming resolves not to venture out or reveal his strength in front of outsiders until he's invincible. He quietly signs i 3.4kReads7.5Score19414d adds

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   These are all pretty good. [1] It's somewhat similar to My Date with a Zombie. [2] He wrote a cultivation novel based on the theme of Zombie.

2. 52 穿 Transmigrated into Uncle Nine's World: Martial Uncle, I Want the Lightning and Thunder Fist 穿越九叔：师伯，我要闪电奔雷拳 Brick Factory Owner红砖厂主Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Lin Fa, a handsome delivery guy, is caught sneaking around with a customer's wife. One rainy night, her husband chases him up a mountain, where he accidentally gets struck by lightning. Lin Fa transmigrates to Uncle Jiu's world, takes Qiusheng along to become a ghost-riding knight, then transmigrates again to A Chinese Ghost Story. He obtains the Heavenly Master System a 1.4kReads6.3Score10514d adds

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   Uncle Nine's Crossover Series

3. 53 警 The Taoist Priest Who Became a Police Officer 警察道长 The Master Thief's Floral Trick怪盗一技花Mystery50k WordsCompleted I could have lived a perfectly normal life... If someone told you that ghosts and zombies existed in this world, would you believe them? Would you believe that becoming a Daoist priest could open the door to a world of cultivation? —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Highly recommended character traits: Relatively intelligent.

4. 54 开 From the Start, I Was a Little Zombie Raised by Uncle Jiu 开局从九叔养的小僵尸开始 Winter Is Too Cold冬天太冷Mystery575k WordsCompleted Jiang Shi accidentally transmigrates into the world of the movie Mr. Vampire, only to discover that he is the little zombie raised by Uncle Jiu. The good news is that even a little zombie who cannot go out in the sunlight gets a Grudge Value System. Completing tasks earns him grudge points that let him level up. And so, as he keeps leveling up, a Zombie King is born. 569Reads8.5Score10214d adds
5. 55 义 Sign-In at the Funeral Parlor: I’m Getting Uncle Jiu Drunk 义庄签到：我给九叔弄麻了 Dark August黑暗八月Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Uncle Jiu + zombies + Daoist priests + sign-in + invincibility + System + cultivation] Lin Yi transmigrates into the world of Mr. Vampire and spends eighteen years as an ordinary person. Then the Divine Cultivator System activates, and he takes off overnight! The Sky-Penetrating Talisman, Spirit-Gathering Pills! The Golden Light Mantra, Sword Flight! The Five Thunders Orthodox Method! Heavenly Dipper Battle Aura! Uncle Jiu: “I haven’t seen you in a few days. How have you already reached Foundat 1.9kReads8.9Score31014d adds
6. 56 僵 Jiangshi World: I Became Old Master Ren 僵尸世界：我成了任老太爷 Zhang Dabiao Loves Rice爱吃米饭的张大彪Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing She transmigrates into a zombie world and becomes Old Master Ren, buried upright in his grave. She also gets a God-Tier Choice System. “Ding! The God-Tier Choice System is at your service!” “Ding! Someone is about to dig up your grave. You have two choices. Complete one to receive the corresponding reward.” “Choice One: Burst out of your coffin and slaughter everyone! Reward: three years of cultivation!” “Choice Two: Lie quietly in your coffin! Reward: Breath Concealment Technique!” Faced with t 132Reads6.9Score—14d adds
7. 57 僵 Mr. Zombie: Rising from a White-Haired Zombie 僵尸先生从白僵开始崛起 Daoist Ji姬道人Mystery3.4M WordsCompleted “Ding! Binding the Strongest Zombie System...” “System binding successful. User: Ye Chen (Novice White-Haired Zombie)!” When Ye Chen woke up, he had transmigrated into the world of the movie Mr. Vampire. Other people transmigrated as the ancestor of zombies or a zombie king, but Ye Chen discovered he’d become the weakest kind of all, a white-haired zombie! In this world where Taoist priests and zombies coexist, danger lurks everywhere. To grow stronger, Ye Chen seizes a mid-grade corpse-nurturin 2.1kReads6.9Score20114d adds
8. 58 九 Uncle Jiu's World: The Traitorous Disciple Starts by Tricking His Master 九叔世界，逆徒从坑师傅开始 Thirty-Something三十老几Mystery185k WordsOngoing Jiang Ping transmigrated to Uncle Jiu's world and became his disciple. He obtained the Dao Spirit System. He also discovered that he had become a hot commodity in this world, with everyone wanting to take him as their disciple. “Just become my disciple, and the charity cemetery will be yours one day.” “Just agree to be my apprentice, and my precious daughter will be yours.” But I don't want any of that. All I want is to live a peaceful, uneventful life. But fate had other plans. The “Nine Merid —Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 59 万 The Great Villain of All Worlds: I Become the True Zombie Ancestor and Conquer the Eight Wastelands 万界大反派，成僵尸真祖横推八荒 Big Sweet Potato大番薯Male-Channel Fanfiction422k WordsCompleted Reborn as a jiangshi, he builds a vast zombie empire and sweeps across the heavens. The moment Chen Qing opens his eyes, he sees Priest Daoist Qianhe wielding a peachwood sword and swinging it at him... Just then, an electronic voice suddenly sounds in his ear: “Congratulations, you've obtained a burial shroud!” 39Reads8.3Score1714d adds
10. 60 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! 213.6kReads9.6Score25.4k14d adds
11. 61 道 Supreme Daoist: Master of the Zombies 道门至尊，僵尸道主 Big Brother Qizai带头大哥七仔Mystery752k WordsCompleted Kindle the Daoist fire in your heart and slaughter every demon and fiend in the world! Chen Changsheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu of Maoshan, descends the mountain on his master’s orders. He slays ghosts and exterminates demons! After fulfilling his master’s command, he uncovers a shocking secret from eighteen years ago... 21Reads8.7Score—14d adds
12. 62 茅 The Wandering Son of Maoshan 茅山浪子 Little Tadpole Looking for His Dad小蝌蚪找爸爸Mystery196k WordsCompleted Among the Maoshan Taoists was a youth who called himself a wanderer. His parents died mysteriously, and his master was murdered. Then he disappeared, with no one knowing whether he was alive or dead. When he reappeared, he spoke little, as still as an ancient well. But alongside his good brother, a Buddhist monk of great virtue, he turned the world upside down! He even struck such fear into the Ten Kings of Hell that they turned pale! 5.1kReads8.7Score31514d adds
13. 63 最 The Ultimate Daoist's Cultivation System 最强道爷养成系统 Baby Yingying宝宝颖颖Urban125k WordsOngoing I woke up. “I transmigrated.” “I've become a five-year-old child.” Just when I was about to despair... “An old Daoist took me back with him and said he wanted me to be his disciple.” “Thank goodness, thank goodness.” And right then, the System that every transmigrator needs showed up. “But my System seems a little unreliable.” “What should I do? I'm waiting online, and it's kind of urgent...” 12Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This contains Taoist magic, zombies, and ghosts.

14. 64 天 Celestial Master: Carve Talismans on Guns, Use Vermilion Sand on Bullets 天师：枪上刻符箓，子弹点朱砂 I Have Three Swords吾有三剑Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain] + [The Times Have Changed] + [Five Thunders Technique] + [Decisive and Ruthless]! Zhang Qingxiao transmigrates to a parallel world, inherits the Longhu Sword Seal, and becomes the 99th Purple-Robed Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. He thought that being a Celestial Master meant he could spend his days drinking tea, staying healthy, and taking it easy up on the mountain. Who knew that on his very first day, zombies would start causing trouble at the foot o 15.4kReads8.4Score1k14d adds

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    A tech-savvy celestial master, possessing boundless magical power. Transmigrated into a celestial master, lacking any Taoist magic, yet activating a cybernetic celestial master system, unleashing talismans and Desert Eagles with limitless firepower. Black zombies, hairy zombies, demon kings, ghost kings—all fear stems from insufficient firepower, while I possess limitless firepower.

15. 65 九 Uncle Nine: I Became Shi Jian and Helped Uncle Nine Take Off! 九叔：我成了石坚，带九叔起飞！ Liu Tan柳檀Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn as Shi Jian! Who would have thought he’d get a System and go on to dominate the Daoist world, becoming its supreme ruler? Shi Jian: “Junior brothers, don’t kill them all. I’ll be the one collecting the heads!” Simu: “What? You want to compete with Maoshan over connections?” Qianhe: “A championship match? Who does one-on-one fights these days? Call in the whole crew!” Uncle Jiu: “Senior Brother, carry me to victory!” 6.5kReads8.2Score40114d adds

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    The first book is about transmigrating into the body of the eldest disciple, the Thunder King [smirk], and also getting a system that allows him to gain experience points and become stronger by fighting zombies or killing ghosts. The second book is about becoming Shi Shaojian, the son of the Thunder King from the first book. The third book is about simplifying cultivation techniques [crying with laughter]. This one is quite popular; you can become stronger while lying down by sunbathing and breathing.

16. 66 诸 The Myriad Worlds: My Father Is Shi Jian, and I Overwhelm Uncle Nine 诸天万界：家父石坚，威压九叔 I'm Great at Making Instant Noodles我煮泡面有一手Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Uncle Jiu, Shi Jian, Shi Shaojian, Taoists, cultivation, System, the Myriad Heavens! Shi Jian: “My son Shaojian has the makings of a Great Emperor!” I’m Shi Shaojian, son of Shi Jian, the Thunderclap Lord. My father Shi Jian commands thunder and lightning with a wave of his hand, and his power shakes the world. I’m the orthodox Maoshan heir and the senior brother of the new generation. My father is Maoshan’s acting sect leader. Even Uncle Jiu has to call him senior brother. I’ve obtained the Myr 11.6kReads8.6Score93114d adds
17. 67 猎 The Ghost Hunter's Troubles 猎鬼师的烦恼 Liang Benbuyi亮本布衣Urban285k WordsCompleted The Zhengying Sect started with just two Taoist priests and eventually grew to only six. It is a sect known for having very few Taoists. Its ghost hunters are successors to Uncle Nine, tasked with cultivating the Dao and hunting ghosts. Lu Yiming comes from a martial arts sect, and his martial uncle is the president of the National Taoist Association. His wife is a disciple of the Shenxiao Sect, skilled in thunder magic. Both Lu Yiming and his master, Master Ma, are from Northeast China. The sto 19Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is about a Taoist priest who cultivates immortality and hunts ghosts.

18. 68 请 Inviting the Divine 请圣 Following the Wind at Dusk暮夜随风Mystery260k WordsOngoing Those who live on alongside heaven and earth are gods; Those who cultivate after birth and attain the Dao are immortals; Those whose divine consciousness lingers after death are ghosts; Those revered by all the people of the world are saints! All saints, past and present, exist within the divine consciousness of the people. The faith gathered by those who worship them becomes holy thought. To practice the art of inviting a saint, one must use divine consciousness to observe and search far and 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    New book recommendation, meets the requirements

19. 69 阴 The Yinshan School: From Ghost-Hunting Jobs to Founding a Daoist Sect 阴山法脉：从接单捉鬼到称宗道祖 Become a God Through the Left Path左道成神Urban264k WordsCompleted (Thriller) + (Supernatural) + (Mystery) + (Horror) + (Ghost Hunting) + (Exorcism) + (Feng Shui) + (Showing Off in Public) The sole heir of the Yinshan Sect's 37th generation! He inherits a dilapidated Taoist temple. Armed with half a ghost seal and three pages of a fragmentary manual, his cultivation is mediocre at best, yet he relies on the Yinshan Sect's secret arts to hunt ghosts and exorcise evil! Is orthodox Taoism hostile to him? Are Southeast Asian sorcerers causing trouble? Do vengeful s 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Rather than being each other's human world, let's be our own universe.

20. 70 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I Started Cultivating from the Start, and Every Female Ghost Wants to Marry Me 港综：开局修仙，女鬼都想嫁给我 Become a God Through the Left Path左道成神Mystery286k WordsCompleted Sadako crawls out of The Ring and hands him a love letter. “Sir, I would be honored to cook for you.” A red-clad female ghost from a funeral home clings to him, her eyes sparkling. “Master, why not take me on as your little sidekick?” Even the wrongfully killed heiress of a wealthy family and a fox spirit who has cultivated for a thousand years come knocking, all hoping to marry him! Faced with a parade of stunning female ghosts desperately pursuing him, Lin Chen rubs his forehead helplessly. “ 202Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 71 武 Mad for the Martial Way: Eat People to Get Stronger, That’s Too Xuanhuan 武道疯魔：吃人就变强，太玄幻了 Become a God Through the Left Path左道成神Eastern Fantasy238k WordsCompleted (Fantasy) + (Martial Arts Training) + (Wild Imagination) + (Cthulhu) + (Cannibalism) + (Martial Dao) + (Decisive and Ruthless) Martial arts are inferior to cultivation? Body tempering and opening meridians are impossibly difficult? Thanks for asking. I just finished eating an Old God. Now bring me a cultivator for dessert. A secret realm is crawling with tentacled horrors? Take one bite in a desperate moment and refine it directly into the source of martial power! Devour the bizarre and level up 2Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 72 港 Hong Kong Crossover: From the Start, I Have $100 Million and Take Hong Kong by Storm 港综：开局1亿美刀，横扫香江 Italian Noodles With Gravy意大利打卤面Urban411k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to 1980s Hong Kong, Lin Chen inherits a hundred million dollars as soon as he reaches adulthood. Armed with five times peak human physical ability, he makes a stunning entrance into Hong Kong’s cinematic universe, where gangs run rampant and cops and criminals collide! All swagger and sharp-tongued bravado, he overwhelms gang enforcers and elite police officers with sheer strength. From the streets of Mong Kok to the heights of Central, from the underworld feuds of A Better 2.3kReads—Score10014d adds
23. 73 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 798Reads—Score10214d adds
24. 74 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! 38Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 75 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, 139Reads6.2Score—14d adds
26. 76 说 You Said You Were a Fake Celestial Master, So Why Do Female Ghosts Run When They See You? 说好假天师，为啥女鬼见你就跑？ North of the East Side of Town城东以北Mystery216k WordsOngoing In the class group chat, Jiang He’s identity as the sixty-sixth-generation Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain was exposed. But Jiang He had spent years studying Taoism under his grandfather and didn’t know a single spell, so he came clean and admitted he was a fake Celestial Master. When his classmates’ construction site was haunted, they invited Jiang He to perform a ritual. He thought he’d just have to go through the motions, but as soon as he began the ceremony, a woman in red appeared! “Din 5Reads9.5Score—14d adds

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    Two of them seemed alright.

27. 77 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Miss, You're About to Suffer a Bloody Disaster 直播算命：姑娘你有血光之灾 Shang Jiu上九Urban2.0M WordsOngoing Ye Chen took over his master's Daoist temple. He should have been content to live as an ordinary young Daoist, but instead he started livestreaming fortune-telling. “Daoist priest, do you think I can land this 50-million-yuan project?” Ye Chen scolded him: “You've committed countless evils and used up all your ancestors' accumulated virtue. You already have the look of a dying man!” “Daoist priest, why am I so unlucky?” Ye Chen replied coolly, “Your fate is cursed with loneliness and calamity. Y 6.8kReads9.2Score60114d adds
28. 78 捞 The Corpse-Retrieving Ghost, I Founded a Secret Organization in the City 捞尸女鬼，我在都市成立诡秘组织 DI JunDI君Urban492k WordsCompleted (Mysterious Revival + Urban Life + Live-Streamed Corpse Retrieval) One night, a teenage boy wakes up and discovers he has awakened the Corpse Retrieval System. He must venture to the River of the Underworld to retrieve the corpse of a female ghost. The tragic beauty Qiao Ji, the quirky Luohua Cave Maiden, the fox spirit Tamamo-no-Mae, the fiendish Banruo... As the mysterious returns to life, the boy loses his memory before a bronze gate on a rainy night. The gates of the underworld swing wide op 116Reads8.9Score—14d adds
29. 79 元 Primordial Edict: Grandmaster of the Daoist Order 元始敕令：道门大宗师 Uncle Wang from Class Seven Next Door隔壁七班王叔Mystery916k WordsOngoing Vanguard of the Taoist altar, great general who banishes demons, edict of the Primordial Beginning, all arts subdued and concealed!!! With Taoist arts perfected and the strength of a grandmaster, he commands thunder and lightning, slaying monsters and vanquishing evil!!! This is a world of the Taoist sects, and the realm of the Nine Provinces… 680Reads6.7Score11414d adds

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    The Taoist Grandmaster is a pinnacle of combat power, and the Primordial Decree conceals all laws.

30. 80 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 150.8kReads9.7Score13.6k14d adds
31. 81 道 The Supreme Taoist: Peerless Daoist Master 道门太上：绝世道长 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery161k WordsOngoing Clad in a Daoist robe, I walk among the people, driving out every evil under heaven... Humans, ghosts, demons, monsters, gods, immortals, and strange beings: no matter how many I eliminate, I cannot purge the evil thoughts in my heart. Meet kindness with kindness, meet evil and become a demon. The arts of the Daoist tradition shall be the strongest! (Not an invincible protagonist story. Read with caution. No female lead!) 99Reads7.0Score—14d adds
32. 82 九 Legends of the Nine Rivers 九河怪谈 Big Lion大狮Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The nine rivers flow into a patchwork land, with three floating bridges and two passes. Here in Tianjin, the nine great rivers are said to be nine dragons, giving rise to the tale of Nine Dragons Governing the Waters. You may not know this, but those nine rivers are steeped in all kinds of eerie happenings. Just how eerie are they? Don’t rush. Sit yourself down nice and steady, sip your tea, and let me tell you all about Nine Rivers Strange Tales... 1.1kReads8.8Score11014d adds
33. 83 十 Fourteen Years of Hunting Ghosts (Complete in Five Volumes) 十四年猎诡人（全五册） Li Yifan李诣凡Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Li Yifan’s spine-chilling ghost-hunting chronicles! A contemporary Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! A spine-chilling record of ghost hunts! First posted on Tieba, it topped 100 million views within three months! The acclaimed mystery writer Li Yifan’s breakthrough work, now with the unpublished continuation added! Every ghost was once a living person. I’m a professional ghost hunter. I turn the compass, circle the place with red 11.4kReads9.6Score2.1k14d adds
34. 84 风 The Secret Notes of a Feng Shui Master 风水师秘记 Paranormal No. 13灵异13号Mystery5.1M WordsCompleted My grandfather left me a handwritten ancient manuscript. When I turned eighteen, a dream of mine shook the entire world of feng shui... Liu Bowen severing dragon veins, feng shui guiding a celestial dragon, paper figures controlling one's fortune, plum-blossom tattoos, the dead seeking justice... Everyone knew Yang Qingtian was a legend, but no one knew that I was him! 3.7kReads8.2Score39614d adds
35. 85 玄 The Xuanpin Teahouse 玄牝茶馆 May Wealth Pour In财源广进Mystery596k WordsCompleted [The author's profession is unusual; this book is best suited to readers in the field] (This is a mid-length novel, with an upper part, a lower part, and a prequel. I'm typing away as fast as I can!) Feng Cai is a hereditary ritual master in a folk religious sect. After receiving a favor from someone, he opens a teahouse in the capital. Though this quiet teahouse sits in a bustling part of the city, it takes on all sorts of baffling commissions... Young woman: “Hello, could you get me into a top 83Reads7.1Score—14d adds
36. 86 民 Tales of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌杂谈 Su Wan苏皖Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A pig butcher never slaughters a pig with five toes. The village guardian never guards a village with a temple. A feng shui master never selects a lair of an evil dragon. A midwife must wash her hands in rooster’s blood. There are three hundred and sixty trades in the world, and every one has its rules. Are these ancient, mysterious rules really nothing more than empty formalities? If I told you that some rules must never be broken, because breaking them means death, would you believe me? 9kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
37. 87 鲁 Lu Ban's Secret Art of Feng Shui 鲁班风水秘术 Three Liang and Two Qian三两二钱Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Carpenters revere Lu Ban as their patriarch. He left behind the Lu Ban Book, divided into two parts. The first contains carpentry techniques, while the second is a collection of secret spells, never to be shared with outsiders. The patriarch also left a curse: anyone who learns the spells in the second part must suffer one of the fates of being widowed, orphaned, childless, or disabled. That is why later generations called the second part of the Lu Ban Book the “Missing One.” In the old days, mo 5.7kReads9.1Score78414d adds
38. 88 民 A Miscellany of Folk Mystical Arts 民间秘术杂谈 Mysterious Sect Tavernkeeper玄门酒客Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Summon snakes and command them, walk in the shadows and call back souls, drive corpses and deploy poison, invite ghosts to possess the living, borrow years through nightmare rites… These folk arts, long thought lost, have reappeared in the world. On the day I was born, my grandfather stood before the statues of the Ten Kings of Hell, peeled off his own skin in a bloody ritual, and swore never to be reborn as a human… 342Reads8.8Score10614d adds
39. 89 被 Abandoned in a Haunted House? The Metaphysics Expert’s Livestream Goes Viral 被弃鬼宅？玄学大佬的直播间火了 A Breeze一束清风Modern Romance399k WordsCompleted Live streaming, fortune-telling, ghost hunting, episodic feel-good stories, no romance A paranormal expert transmigrates into the body of Ning Zhi, a little Taoist priest abandoned by her family. To help her master pay for medical treatment and save up a dowry for her senior sister, she starts livestreaming fortune-telling and ghost hunting. Before long, she unexpectedly becomes someone else’s golden finger! “Let me tell you a secret: I can read minds…” The beautiful young woman looked smug. She 105Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    I've only read these few books; the one with the 9.4 Rating is acceptable.

40. 90 重 Reborn, I Won't Forgive! The Metaphysical Beauty Is Fierce and Unhinged 重生不原谅！玄学美人狠又狂 Beyond the Stormy Rivers风雨江山外Modern Romance366k WordsCompleted [Everyone gets their comeuppance + Abusers face-slapped + Powerful male lead dotes on her + Both leads have only ever loved each other] Su Yan is the real heiress of a wealthy family, and people say she was raised by Taoist priests in a con artist's den. When she was finally brought home as an adult, she saw that her family's fortunes were in decline, so she eagerly drew talismans, told fortunes, and adjusted the feng shui. All she got in return was her parents and brothers telling her, “Stop do 350Reads8.9Score10414d adds
41. 91 玄 The Metaphysics Expert Is Back at Her Street Stall 玄学大佬她又去摆地摊了 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original titles: The Fortune-Telling Street Vendor Is Actually a Mystical Arts Ancestor?! and The Mystical Arts Big Shot Is Back at Her Street Stall [Fortune-telling + ghost-catching + feng shui + powerful protagonist + no romance, thriving solo + gossip + episodic stories] The junior sister of the Zhengyang Sect, sealed away for a thousand years, wakes up reborn in the body of a girl whose parents don't care for her. The girl wants to go to school, so she'll have to earn her own tuition. So We 42.6kReads9.4Score5.8k14d adds
42. 92 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: From the Start, I Sponsored Grandpa's Underworld Startup 直播算命：开局赞助爷爷地府创业 Osmanthus of August, Gui'an八月桂安Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Showbiz] A metaphysical master fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a universally hated, C-list villainess. To pay off her breach-of-contract fees, Ji He starts livestreaming fortune-telling. A viewer with dark circles under his eyes calls in: “Streamer, why do I dream every night that my grandpa is telling me to burn joss paper?” Ji He: “Your grandpa's starting a business down below. He's short on cash.” Viewer: “...” On 44kReads9.3Score7.8k14d adds
43. 93 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! 738.5kReads9.4Score39.6k14d adds
44. 94 我 My 1990s Field Notes on Folk Ghost Stories 我的90年代民间志怪见闻录 Changjiang Leng长江冷Mystery179k WordsOngoing Jia Nanxing, a young man from a mountain village, chance upon a stone statue and has an extraordinary encounter. Facing all kinds of strange events in the world, “zombies, evil spirits, witchcraft”, he braves countless dangers and later meets Jiang Wangyou, a mysterious female classmate. As they cultivate, the two travel around the world dealing with supernatural incidents. The story features transmigration, antique appraisal, and adventure. Supernatural fantasy all in one, along with all kinds 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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45. 95 正 The Orthodox Unity Celestial Master Dao 正一天师道 I Am a Fiend我叫妖孽Mystery274k WordsCompleted Zhang Tianfeng, a Celestial Master from Maoshan, descends the mountain after mastering his art. He faces a nest of Yin spirits, the Five Ghosts Devouring the Dragon, the Netherworld Bureau, the Xiangxi Corpse King, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, the evil god Xingtian, the Battle of the Azure Underworld, and the Ghost Emperor of the Great Clarity of the Apocalypse. Zhang Tianfeng was born with the destiny of a Ziwei Celestial Master. Is he also a reincarnated ghost child? From a divine being amon 1.9kReads—Score24814d adds

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    A Taoist master from Maoshan descends the mountain to venture into the city, where he routinely catches ghosts, exterminates zombies, and recruits ghost servants. He encounters the Corpse King of Xiangxi, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, and the haunted nests of evil spirits. There's also the power struggle between the Great Emperor of Edu and the Great Emperor of Tianqi Mountain—who is truly the pawn?

46. 96 战 War Against Demons: Snow Encounter 战妖：雪遇 Qiqi Never Loses琪琪不败Urban371k WordsOngoing Born on a snowy night and surrounded by monsters, he was saved in his hour of peril by a kind cultivator. This gave him an unusually powerful spirit from birth. His elders were leaders in an organization dedicated to suppressing demons, and his family had its own legacy, but it was too obscure to be of much use. So he joined the reclusive sect where his elders' comrades served, starting out as an unofficial disciple to gain experience. Thus began his journey of following his elders, master, and 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    The latest chapter, "Secrets of the Demon Realm II," tells the story of a natural village where human cultivators are stationed. They shoulder the important task of guarding the border between human society and the demon realm, showcasing the tale of collective offense and defense between human cultivators and the demon race! [Smile]

47. 97 诡 Unraveling the Strange: Surviving the Second Case 诡事探秘逢生二 Beichen Liu北辰流Mystery156k WordsOngoing An abandoned mining town, missing residents, and dense fog that traps souls. A four-person ghost-hunting team ventures into the forbidden zone to uncover a shocking mystery from 2015. When the truth comes to light, whose spirit has been waiting? A suspenseful thriller that will keep you awake tonight. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    In an abandoned copper mining town, the moment the diesel generator roared to life, a cold, ghostly hand landed on a young girl's shoulder. White mist engulfed the streetlights, and seven people entered the game—this place holds the remains of a mine from 1991, and also the remains of those who disappeared in 2015. [Petrified][Sparrow's Masterpiece]

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