Supernatural: A Taoist Protagonist Who Hunts Ghosts and Steamrolls Every Enemy With Unbeatable Taoist Arts #灵异关于道士抓鬼，主角横推流道法超级无敌厉害

1. 51 一 A Century in a Dream, and I Became a Daoist Celestial Master 一梦百年，我成为了道家天师 Invincible Under Heaven望天无敌手Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Fortune-Telling + Medicine + Traditional Martial Arts + Invincible + One Heroine + Humor + No Cultivation + Not High-Martial] Chen Haoyu was hit by a car while saving a girl and ended up in the hospital. After lying unconscious for a hundred days, he received the legacy of the Carefree Taoist from a thousand years ago in a dream and became a Taoist Celestial Master of his generation. “How can your medical skills be so incredible?” “Sorry, I used the Zhu You healing arts!” “You can tell fortunes 168.2kReads9.1Score15.8kShelves

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   "A 9.5-Point masterpiece in my mind! Brothers, you all need to watch this! It's absolutely the best novel on Tomato! 🍓🍓🍓 I highly recommend this novel. It's a masterpiece on Tomato, with an incredibly exciting plot, vivid content, and high-energy moments throughout. It's a super enjoyable read!"

2. 52 7 Bureau 749: What's Wrong with My Heavy-Handed Policing? 749局：我暴力执法怎么了 Years Gone By22陈年往事22Mystery805k WordsOngoing [Fictional Setting] [Supernatural with a Fantasy Lean] Chen Nian is nineteen years old. He has a secret. In his previous life, he was a Daoist heir, skilled in exorcising demons and vanquishing evil spirits, with all manner of Daoist arts at his fingertips. Yet he never saw a real ghost before he died. In this life, he waited nineteen years, and finally, he saw one. Others encounter ghosts and lose their souls in terror. He lights up at the sight. Others pray to the gods and buddhas for safety. 14.6kReads—Score1.2kShelves
3. 53 都 Tales of the Supernatural in the City 都市灵异传 A Heart Like Still Water心如小止水Mystery529k WordsOngoing “The living must not wander into the mass grave, and the dead must not disturb Mr. Chen.” This old saying has been passed down in Chenjia Town for decades. Chen Hui is Mr. Chen’s grandson, but he scoffs at his grandfather’s arts of yin and yang and wants nothing more than to be an ordinary college student. That is, until zombies attack the village at night. Forced to take up a peachwood sword and open the ancient book titled The Dao, he wields the family’s ancestral divine weapon, the Heaven-and 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A new Taoist novel, it's good! No system, no rules, just fantastical tales. It's a modern urban story, realistic and funny, featuring the protagonist, a descendant of one of the three great Xuanmen sects—pretty awesome!!

4. 54 救 Somebody Save the Ghosts! This Taoist Is Way Too Twisted! 救鬼啊！这个道士太变态！ Wailing Dragon Fruit哀嚎的火龙果Mystery117k WordsCompleted A Daoist priest with a fox wife: the more they cultivate, the more powerful they become. “Hey, little zombie, come here! Big brother’s got something amazing to show you!” “A fox spirit? Stay right there and don’t move. I’ll go find a sack!” “A ghost bride? You dare challenge me? I’m going to take her clothes off...” Ghost Bride: “Isn’t anyone going to do something? A Daoist priest is stripping a ghost in broad daylight!” Rented Ghost: “Call the police! I want to report a crime! Is there no just 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This matches, and it's quite well written.

5. 55 穿 Transmigrating to Uncle Nine's World: Becoming an Ancestor at Last 穿越九叔世界之终成老祖 Yang Xiaobao's Dad杨小宝他爹Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted After accidentally transmigrating into the mysterious and terrifying ghost-filled world of Uncle Jiu, Xu Shiming becomes a member of Maoshan. In this world overrun by monsters and demons, he encounters one extraordinary opportunity after another and earns a reputation as the Child of Destiny. When he first arrives at Maoshan, he is young and inexperienced, but gradually masters powerful Taoist arts. He fights shoulder to shoulder with his fellow disciples, joining them in the battle against evi 1.2kReads6.5Score—Shelves

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   The world of Uncle Nine + exciting fights + fighting from the beginning until his death.

6. 56 民 A Notebook of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌笔记 Green Pepper and Shrimp青椒肉虾Mystery5.0M WordsOngoing I was born with a pair of snake eyes, and everyone at the forest farm said I was a demon child born of a snake. The night I was born, thunder crashed again and again. The next day, a huge, gold-scaled python was found dead from a lightning strike outside Laolingou. Something was squirming inside its belly. Master Sang sliced open the python with a single stroke and carried out a blood-soaked baby. He named me Lin Shisan. From that moment on, my fate was bound to Master Sang’s for life… 19.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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   Nine Uncle's World + High-Scoring, Thrilling Novel

7. 57 外 I Got a Bad Review for a Delivery, and Now I’m Reincarnating as a Dog 外卖给差评，竟让我投胎做狗 Dusky Little Pig小猪黑乎乎Urban120k WordsOngoing Su Fan gave a bad review to a food delivery order and woke up to find himself mysteriously transformed into a dog. Luckily, the reclusive Taoist priest Shen Nian took him in. From then on, Su Fan was forced onto the path of vanquishing demons and subduing evil. Vengeful ghosts haunt the streets, an ancient mansion seethes with yin energy, and zombies roam a deserted village. Countless sinister dangers lurk in the corners of the city. Armed with talismans and a sword, Shen Nian joins forces with —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There's no system or cheat codes; it's just about catching ghosts and fighting zombies. It's worth watching!

8. 58 九 Uncle Nine: I Copy Traits, and Ren Tingting Begs Me in Tears to Marry Her 九叔，复制词条任婷婷哭着求嫁 The Three Elbows of Old Wu, I Say我说老乌的三肘候Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Zombie manipulation, humorous traits, recruiting disciples across film and TV worlds] Lin Fan transmigrates to Renjia Town, becomes Uncle Ninth’s disciple, and awakens the Trait Copying System. He can even combine traits without limit! Five Thunder Spell (Gold), Qimen Dunjia (Red), Zhong Kui Possession (Rainbow) Chrysanthemum Corpse Cultivation (Purple), Corpse King’s Tyrant Body (Red), Soul-Reaping Buddhist Chant (Red) Maoshan Corpse Driving (Purple), Sword Control Through Qi (Supreme), Indest 12.2kReads7.3Score852Shelves

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   It was just a trick, but Uncle Ying cracked it with a single, simple move...

9. 59 开 Strange Tales from the Start? But I’m Yang Jian! 开局聊斋？但我是杨戬啊 Drunk Cat Xiaoxiaosheng醉猫笑笑生Eastern Fantasy769k WordsOngoing [No System + Chinese-Style Horror + Time-Limited Transformation + Yang Jian + Extreme Contrast and Thrills] After transmigrating into the demon-infested world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Yang Jian runs straight into a century-old Painted-Skin Ghost that specializes in tearing out human hearts. There is nowhere to run! No System chiming in. No old master living in a ring. His only trump card is the Holy Erlang True Lord sleeping inside him, whose name sounds just like his own: Yang Ji 6.4kReads8.2Score636Shelves

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   Transmigrating into the demon-infested world of Liaozhai, Yang Jian immediately encounters a centuries-old painted-skin ghost who specializes in poaching people's hearts. In this desperate situation with nowhere to retreat, Yang Jian's only reliance is the Erlang Shen, whose name is the same as his, who is sleeping within him.

10. 60 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 4.5kReads—Score304Shelves

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    It looks really good.

11. 61 她 She Can Actually Tame Shadows 她竟会豢养影子 Yawning Meow哈欠喵呜Mystery333k WordsOngoing “How can a person have no shadow?” “But what if... they really don’t?” “Have you ever seen a person without a shadow?” “Or rather, did they ever really exist?” Can shadows be kept and raised? Call to the shadow for a hundred days, but even the method passed down by the ancestors is useless! Will the vanished coffin ever be seen again... A fox that speaks like a human... They say a Yin body is a rare find, the perfect physique for cultivating Yin techniques, and also... the ideal material for cra 2Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 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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    ①A blind date arranged by an acquaintance. A few days later, his girlfriend was transformed into a corpse monster by him. Police arrived to investigate after receiving a report. Su Yun said, "I'm innocent! She committed suicide and asked me to transform her into a corpse monster!" "Officer, where's your evidence?" A cold wind blew, and his girlfriend appeared. Years later, looking at the vampire being eaten, Su Yun smiled slightly.

13. 63 茅 Maoshan Demon Catcher 茅山捉妖人 Treading Snow Without a Trace”踏雪无痕”Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted (Supernatural + Urban + Maoshan Taoist Arts + No Self-Sacrificing Saint + No Female Lead) Sanqing disciple Xu Tianyang ventures across the world alone! With the supreme secret arts of Maoshan in one hand, he sweeps across the mortal realm! Slaying ghosts, battling sorcerers, trampling evil gods, and destroying Corpse Kings! Maoshan Taoist arts shake the four corners of the world! Supreme secret arts, unmatched beneath the heavens! 3.9kReads8.7Score223Shelves

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    Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. I've laid out my assets for you all; you can check them out—they're pretty good.

14. 64 全 Global: I Memorized Three Thousand Daoist Texts and Changed Class to Celestial Master 全民：我背诵三千道藏转职天师 Moderate Ink Brush中庸点墨Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone Changes Class + No Harem + Passionate Action + Multiple Classes + Invincible Leveling] A hundred years ago, otherworldly races invaded at will, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. To fight back against the demon beasts, everyone undergoes a class change at the age of twelve. Only by becoming a class-changer and continually leveling up can one reach the pinnacle of the world! On the day of his class change, Ye Xiang became a Taoist priest with a natural level of ten. But Taois 54.4kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
15. 65 怪 The Ghost Story Looked Down on Uncle Jiu, Then Changed the Rules Overnight 怪谈瞧不起九叔，转身连夜改规则 Si Lili斯礼礼Mystery893k WordsCompleted [Rules Horror + Uncle Jiu + Face-Slapping + Thriller Game + National Fate + No Heroine + No System] The arrival of the eternal night brought all kinds of terrifying horrors to the world! Every town and every region had to keep taking part in rules horror scenarios to boost the fortune of their own faction, avoiding being swallowed by the eternal night and improving their chances of surviving it... Lin Wangchuan had just transmigrated to this place when he was "lucky enough" to be chosen. As a fi 6.4kReads8.5Score683Shelves
16. 66 九 Uncle Nine: Oh No, My System Is Acting Up Again 九叔：糟糕，我的系统又不服了 Zhao Li Is a Real Scoundrel赵吏是个老六Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted The successive Grandmasters of Maoshan once said: When roaming the world, what matters most is the strength of your foundations. If you can avoid trouble, do so. The world is in turmoil, and one less problem is better than one more. If you can’t avoid it, make a friend. If you can’t make a friend, negotiate face to face. If negotiations fail, then fight. When following these three rules, always keep three principles in mind. First, never hold back. Call upon the gods, the saints, and the Grandma 23.3kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
17. 67 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 1.7kReads8.9Score224Shelves
18. 68 人 A Man in a Jiangshi World, Becoming Uncle Nine’s Disciple 人在僵尸，拜师茅山九叔 Diao Sheng2刁笙2Mystery569k WordsCompleted Chu Mo transmigrates to a zombie-infested world and becomes Uncle Jiu’s disciple, learning the Dao. He gains a Merit System that rewards him with all kinds of prizes for vanquishing demons and punishing the wicked. The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden’s Qimen Dunjia? I’ll learn it! The Thunder Ancestor’s Divine Firmament Thunder Arts are powerful? I’ll learn them! A Demon-Refining Pot that can subdue monsters? I’ll take it! But first, I should study the Fengdu Statutes and the Nüqing Heavenly Stat 14.7kReads8.9Score696Shelves
19. 69 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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    This book tells the story of Lin Qingzhi, a Taoist priest who descends from the mountain to experience life in the city. He eventually becomes a law enforcer, not only catching ghosts but also getting into fights with other cultivators.

20. 70 轮 Reincarnation Brings Forth Ten Thousand Ghosts 轮回出万鬼伏 Little Worker小小小打工仔Mystery300k WordsCompleted I was born in a year, month, and hour of yin, and the day I was born, thunder roared without pause. After that, all kinds of bizarre things happened, like water ghosts demanding lives, a haunted dormitory, and a strange mountain village... 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist possesses powerful magical treasures that allow him to sweep away all demons and monsters.

21. 71 三 The Ten Arts of the Three Pure Ones: The Celestial Venerable Descends the Mountain 三清十诀：天尊下山 Echoing Valley有回音的山谷Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Gu Feng possesses the ten strongest immortal arts in the world. He is a mortal emissary of the Nine Heavens, sent to walk among humanity. By his master's order and out of duty, Gu Feng enters the modern city… After wiping out a series of demons, ghosts, and wicked practitioners, he discovers that the mastermind behind it all is hiding on the legendary Immortal Island of Penglai! This earth-shattering conspiracy reaches far and wide. It involves the demon Taoists of Mount Mao in Yan Country, a 3.3kReads6.6Score189Shelves

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    The protagonist, possessing supernatural powers, roams the city, vanquishing demons and monsters. The leaders of various sects, including Longhu Mountain, Maoshan Mountain, and Wudang Mountain, display their divine might, and Zhang Sanfeng, who has lived for over six hundred years, even slays a demon with just two fingers.

22. 72 都 Urban Mysticism: I’ve Used Feng Shui to Subdue Ghosts and Gods 都市奇门：我已风水镇鬼神 Fish on the Highway上高速的鱼Urban472k WordsCompleted Background: spiritual qi revival. Spiritual qi revived around the world thirty years ago, and demons and monsters began to awaken, though ordinary people remain unaware. • Rifts between the Nine Realms: Rifts exist between the human world and the Ninefold Hells, the demon realm, and the demonic domain. Evil entities invade through them. • Urban wards: Every city is protected by a feng shui array, maintained by generations of feng shui masters. Lin Chen, 25, formerly named Lin Chen. • Public iden —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban fantasy and supernatural books; those looking for something to read might want to give this a try.

23. 73 恐 Horror Descends: The Ghost Gate 恐怖降临【鬼门】 Ten-Mile Mad Lad十里狂少Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Horror + supernatural + suspense + survival + infinite worlds + twists A world of horror descends, and countless Gates of the Dead suddenly appear. Those selected must enter the gates and make a desperate escape. Some gates are formed from horror novels. Some are formed from horror movies. Some are formed from tales of evil spirits. Some are formed from bizarre imaginings. Entering a Gate of the Dead means your life has started counting down. Who can make it out alive? “If you're curious abo 1.8kReads6.3Score136Shelves

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    Here it comes! Here it comes!

24. 74 我 I Get Stronger Whenever I Encounter a Ghost 我，遇鬼就变强 Sanjiu Yinshi三九阴识Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Thriller + Folk Customs + Comedy + Mind-Blowing Twists] Why was a finger missing from a corpse in a coffin, right before everyone’s eyes? Why were ghostly wails heard in the flower shop at midnight? Why did the figures in the shopping center elevator twist out of shape? The secret beneath the mandrake flowers, the bizarre death of a boy who livestreamed, a maze with no way out... Vengeful spirits are wreaking havoc. There’s no peace to be found! In the 145Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ghost hunting is an art! The protagonist is both intelligent and skilled in martial arts, outwitting humans and battling ghosts. The details are eerie, the plot is captivating, and it kept me in a cold sweat, but I just couldn't put it down!

25. 75 饕 The Gluttonous Taoist Nun 饕餮道姑 King Oyster Mushroom平菇君Modern Romance158k WordsOngoing Wuwang is an “ordinary” female Daoist. While her fellow cultivators banish demons with talismans and peachwood swords, she wields an iron spatula. To earn merit and prolong the life of her gravely wounded master, she ventures into a world overrun by evil spirits, while adding to her Guide to Appraising Ghosts: pan-fried two-timing scoundrels, crisp and fragrant; stir-fried shrews, bursting with satisfying resentment; steamed wicked children, so tender they melt in your mouth; boiled abusers, sof 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It combines catching and eating ghosts.

26. 76 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 173kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves

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    Night fell over the ancient town. In the Taoist temple, a mysterious wind blew, and oil lamps flickered, revealing ghostly faces. Xuanfeng, sword in hand, headed for the Li residence in the east of town. Before he even entered, eerie screams and screams echoed from within. He kicked down the door, and a chilling aura swept through the house, furniture flying everywhere. The Li family members were all possessed, their bodies trembling, their eyes glazed, their laughter and cries unpredictable. Xuanfeng chanted an incantation, and his peach wood sword flashed with golden light. He roared and charged towards the corner teeming with yin energy.

27. 77 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 20.7kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
28. 78 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score101Shelves

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    Read this now if you're looking for something to read! The master and apprentice traverse the city's eerie places, using cinnabar to suppress evil and thunder magic to vanquish malevolent forces—a truly immersive and powerful Chinese horror experience!

29. 79 麒 The Divine Qilin 麒麟神相 Daoist of Jiangnan江南道长Rural Life3.8M WordsCompleted I was born with a Qilin by my side. To save me, my grandfather peeled off his own human skin and gave it to a nine-tailed fox. That day, dead trees bloomed again, and all the beasts came to pay their respects! 10.8kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves

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    Of these books, I highly recommend *Nine Yin Coffin* and *The Wronged Lion Walks the Mortal World*. These books are incredibly immersive.

30. 80 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
31. 81 活 No Living People Allowed 活人勿近 Lang Jiuxin朗九心Rural Life2.3M WordsCompleted [Inspired by real events, but the setting is entirely fictional] [No cultivation] [Supernatural horror only] The countryside is different from the city. Rural areas are vast and sparsely populated, with too little human presence to suppress what lurks beneath the ground. That's why ghost stories and strange legends keep cropping up. Ask anyone from a village in Sichuan, and they'll have plenty to tell you about supernatural happenings in the mountains and fields in years gone by. Some people 96.7kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves

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    Funny and scary, the main character is not a saint, and there is only one female lead.

32. 82 特 Special Operations Bureau 特事行动科 Eighteen Angry Men十八怒汉Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted One thousand three hundred and ninety years ago, under the emperor’s direction, human adepts gained control of the “Void” and used it to create the “Wall,” which separated the real world from the anomalous one. After more than six centuries of effort by adepts from various schools, the anomalous remnants in the real world were finally purged, leaving humanity with a world of its own. Anomalous creatures became demons, ghosts, gods, and monsters in tales of the strange. As time passed, the adepts 1.8kReads7.0Score225Shelves

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    The Special Affairs Bureau gathers extraordinary individuals from various schools to handle unusual events caused by spirits and deities described in ancient tales of the strange and supernatural.

33. 83 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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    I recommend these two books ✨

34. 84 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
35. 85 让 You Were Supposed to Catch Ghosts, So Why Are You Flirting with Girls Everywhere? 让你捉鬼，你却到处撩妹 Chen Shaoyin Wuwei Yuren陈少银五味愚人Mystery853k WordsCompleted “You little brat, I told you to catch ghosts, but you’re out there flirting with women. Last time, the client even complained that you kept staring at her chest and thighs.” “Hehe! She was dressed so skimpy and had such long legs. She was practically asking people to look. I’d be a fool not to!” 363Reads—Score102Shelves
36. 86 寒 The Exorcist from a Poor Family 寒门镇邪师 City Farmer都市老农Mystery263k WordsCompleted The three-year-old daughter of Lin Yan, a poor woodcarver, grows a fragrant green shoot in her palm, just as three golden lines appear in a crack in a copper lock passed down through his family. Only then does Lin Yan realize that a peddler's prophecy from three years ago has come true. His daughter, Nian'an, is the Chosen One of the Dao Fruit, but this divine gift is also a death sentence. Evil spirits from the outer city knock at the door in the dead of night, while members of the Spirit Infan 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A new fantasy novel highly recommended by seasoned bookworms. Unconventional and thrilling from the very beginning, it will ignite your imagination and unleash your full fantasy potential! The male protagonist, after traveling through time, is fortunate enough to marry and have children. Unfortunately, his daughter possesses immortality, making her a target for various factions. The protagonist dedicates his life to protecting his daughter, stirring up chaos and upheaval in the martial arts world…

37. 87 我 I Have a Scroll of Shangqing Scripture 我有一卷上清书 Ling Yuanfei泠鸢飝Mystery247k WordsOngoing These days, who doesn't have a side hustle? Liu Yuan's side hustle is transmigrating to the Southern Dynasties to become a Daoist priest. No System, no invincible cultivation, and no heavenly destiny backing him. He's just an ordinary man, carrying a damaged copy of the Shangqing Scripture, a few Yun Zhuan talismans that work only sometimes, and a piece of salvaged rebar. Under the name Zhao Chengyang, he ventures into a world unrecorded in county gazetteers, where the dead can speak. Mass grave 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traditional supernatural elements such as corpse transformation, will-o'-the-wisps, and vengeful spirits in red are given a fresh twist, making old themes new and original.

38. 88 带 Entering the Dao with Immortal Guidance 带着仙家入道 The Number One Horse Who Writes Books写书的第马121k WordsOngoing I started out as a disciple of a top incense master, then met a wise teacher and became a young Taoist disciple. This book consists entirely of popular science and real-life experiences, and it also contains plenty of tips on how to avoid scams! Nothing is made up, and this is not a power fantasy about cultivating immortality. Your support is greatly appreciated! 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is not a novel, but rather a book written by the author based on his own experiences. The entire text is presented from the orthodox perspective of shamanism and Taoism, demystifying some knowledge about shamanism and Taoism. It is mainly for popular science and secondarily for preventing fraud.

39. 89 诡 Mystic of the Haunted Realm: Beginning with the Awakening of Yin-Yang Arts 诡界神棍：从觉醒阴阳术开始 Love French Fries with Ketchup爱吃大薯条沾番茄酱Urban417k WordsCompleted Lin Yan, a low-level charlatan in the Spirit Realm, awakens Yin-Yang arts and unlocks fantastical powers before returning to the human world. He plans to get rich with his fortune-telling skills, but the next thing he knows, vengeful spirits in the Spirit Realm are begging to be recruited, an elven saintess offers to share his bed, and the King of the Inner Earth sobs as he presents him with a priceless treasure. Powerful figures from every corner even visit his dreams, begging him to break thei 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The charlatan of the supernatural world, a man of few words yet bold in his collection.

40. 90 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…

41. 91 道 In Taoist Robes: I Counsel Students, Then Spirits 道袍加身：劝完学生劝鬼神 An Zai Xiaozi安仔小子Mystery155k WordsCompleted An art teacher unexpectedly becomes a Taoist exorcist. The colors in the classroom give way to the cinnabar of talismans, and one supernatural incident after another, once dismissed as impossible, begins to unfold. All the ghost stories he had heard were never mere fabrications. Beyond the mist where yin and yang meet lies a truth far more terrifying than anything on canvas. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All the supernatural tales I'd heard before weren't baseless. Abandoning chalk and taking up a whisk, an art teacher unexpectedly embarks on a path of spiritual cultivation. When the colors in the classroom are replaced by the cinnabar of incantations, those supernatural events I once thought were mere illusions begin to unfold one after another. Behind the mist at the boundary between yin and yang lies a reality far more breathtaking than the canvas itself.

42. 92 全 Everyone Tames Ghosts: From the Start, I Get an S-Rank Ghost King 全民御鬼：开局获得S级鬼王 A Fleeting Dream一瞬而逝的梦Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [One of the hottest supernatural novels of 2024] [No saintly protagonist] [No heroine or one heroine] [Satisfying power fantasy] After transmigrating to a parallel world where the supernatural has returned, Ye Chen finds it overrun with beasts and rampaging ghosts. Cities have fallen, and life is filled with despair. After more than a century of struggle, people have learned to use ghosts to fight ghosts. But before Ye Chen has even adjusted to his new surroundings, a female ghost sets her sight 1.3kReads6.3Score136Shelves

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    This is unorthodox; the entire process involves controlling ghosts.

43. 93 玄 Mysticism: An Evil Cultivator Poses as a God and Earns Boundless Merit 玄学：邪修扮神明，功德无量了 Get Rich Quick Pear暴富梨Mystery344k WordsCompleted [Occult mysteries, feel-good and satisfying, strong heroine, male lead, no devoted lapdog] Qin Yu is the most wicked of gods, with a particular fondness for corrupted souls. By accident, she passed through a crack in a secret realm and ended up in another world, inside the body of a young woman. Then she became an impersonator of the Goddess of Fertility. Heh, an actual evil god pretending to be a fake deity? How interesting. There’s a vicious stepmother, a scheming stepsister, and an unfeeli 193Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Ghost-catching stories.

44. 94 玄 Mysticism: A Female Cultivator Reborn as a Wicked Old Lady, Living Life on Her Own Terms 玄学：女修穿成极品老太独自美丽 Get Rich Quick Pear暴富梨Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Mystical arts, satisfying read, no romance] Su Ran fails to advance and transmigrates into the body of a shrewish old woman in another world. The original owner is a notorious local spirit medium who makes a living by swindling people. She's a selfish, lazy old woman. As soon as Su Ran arrives, she's nearly thrown in jail, and only escapes thanks to her ghost-catching skills. The family she rescues escorts her home with drums and gongs, only to find her five children setting up a memorial shrin 3.9kReads8.8Score423Shelves
45. 95 阴 Little Taoist of the Yin Gate: I Get by and Send Vengeful Ghosts on Their Way 阴门小道士，我靠摸鱼渡厉鬼 Huangmu Has Arrived荒牧驾到Mystery250k WordsOngoing My name is Lin Shi'an. While others slay ghosts and demons to chase fame and fortune, I joined the Yin Sect just to coast through life in peace. Haunted by vengeful ghosts or targeted by sinister spirits? I stay calm and perform half-hearted exorcisms. I may look lazy and idle, but my mastery of Yin arts is divine. Every vicious spirit in the world has to obey me. Everyone calls me a good-for-nothing, never realizing that I use my laid-back ways to subdue every spirit under heaven. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a must-read; highly recommended after years of reading slump.

46. 96 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves

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    ①Having transmigrated to this world for almost twenty years, Lu Ding now encounters monsters. He has only one thought in his mind: either kill the monsters or be killed by them. He joins 749, using the bureau's channels to find and contain monsters. From then on, 749 gains an investigator whose work leaves no survivors. One by one, legendary demons and monsters appear in the world, and Lu Ding crushes them all.

47. 97 恐 The Age of Terror: I Begin as a Gravekeeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 89.2kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
48. 98 捉 My Monster-Hunting Was Exposed, So I Had to Livestream Explanations of Monsters and Ghosts 捉妖被曝光，只好直播科普妖与鬼 Pure and Cute Girl清纯萌妹Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming explanations of monsters from authentic ancient Chinese texts + One female lead + Two incredibly powerful protagonists + The Classic of Mountains and Seas + What the Master Does Not Speak Of + All kinds of folk customs, researched in meticulous detail] As the saying goes: I offer the gods fine incense, and they say it isn't good enough. When a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers came down from the sky wearing sunglasses and smoking Huazi cigarettes, the viewers fell silent. Lin Qin 28.3kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
49. 99 民 When Folk Customs Become Real: I Become a God in a World of the Uncanny 民俗成真：我在诡异世界封神了 Impermanence无常Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Ning Mo transmigrates into a world where the supernatural is resurfacing and folk customs are coming true. In this world, gods watch over you from three feet above your head. Make a careless oath and it comes true. Get a haircut in the first lunar month, and your maternal uncle will die. If your left eyelid twitches, you'll win the lottery. If your right eyelid twitches, the whole village will be attending a funeral feast. Make a wish on a meteor shower, and it might come true, no matter what yo 534Reads7.7Score100Shelves
50. 100 害 Afraid of the Apocalypse, I Built a Ghostly Back in Three Months 害怕末日的我，三个月练出了鬼背 Bluebell Knight风铃草骑士Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + violent aesthetics + extreme martial arts + massive muscles + System + no stockpiling + ultimate individual combat power + satisfying power fantasy] Nuclear wastewater floods back in, sea beasts mutate, and the apocalypse arrives. Han Zheng is on the verge of death, barely surviving amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. By chance, he is reborn one year earlier and activates the Extreme Martial Arts System. Knowing that only three months remain before the apoca 7.7kReads8.3Score616Shelves

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