Looking for Stories About Taming Ghosts and Monsters, Raising Them, and Fighting to Level Up 求收服鬼怪养成晋级战斗的小说

1. 251 湘 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 Xiaoxiang Lady Traveler潇湘女客Mystery289k WordsCompleted My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 142Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's a Hunanese version of *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, a *Night Parade of One Hundred Demons* set in a water town, and above all, a heartwarming tale of "protection." There's no forced mystification, only genuine fear and warmth.

2. 252 我 My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery276k WordsCompleted I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Instead of exaggerated monster-fighting tropes, it focuses on the helplessness and fear of ordinary people after clashing with the immortals.

3. 253 铃 The Bell Shakes the Mountains and Rivers 铃动山河 Master of the Study of Antiquity稽古斋主Mystery475k WordsCompleted Hardcore worldbuilding: the Maoshan Taoist ghost-hunting tradition, the secret Shaolin art of guiding ghosts to the afterlife, Seven Star fate-reading, the Wu people’s shamanic medicine, and their logical integration with modern technology. Urban setting, supernatural mysteries, ghost hunting, schemes, corpse retrievers, corpse-carrying teams, corpse drivers, zombies, curses, and Southeast Asian horror stories. *Modern military life × ancient metaphysics*: Secret lineages and supernatural crises 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Shamanic practices by Maoshan Taoist priests include hardcore ghost fighting, ghost raising, zombies, female ghosts, ghost soldiers using the road, the Five Witches' army, black magic, corpse retrievers, and corpse-carrying teams.

4. 254 百 The Compendium of a Hundred Ghosts 百诡收容录 Refined Scoundrel945斯文败类945Mystery307k WordsCompleted (Collecting and fighting ghosts + rule-based horror + tactical battles + ensemble cast + multiple heroines) A Book of a Hundred Ghosts lives within his soul. If he doesn't collect ghosts, the book will devour its Host, starting with his left hand, piece by piece, until there's nothing left. But every ghost he captures earns him a ghost-binding card from the book. The ghosts belong to the book, but he can borrow their abilities. He grows stronger, too. So he travels through one rule-bound horror 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Capture the monsters and then use their power to fight them.

5. 255 我 My Years as a Ghost Trainer 我当厉鬼训练师的那些年 Run Faster跑快快Mystery223k WordsOngoing [Ghost Command Battles] [Vengeful Ghost Training] [Crime Scene Investigations] [Forensic Autopsies] [Clue-Based Deduction] (The story takes a little while to get going, with a strong focus on both battles and investigations. The protagonist is a tough guy overflowing with a sense of justice, but he's never a sanctimonious bleeding heart.) An accident gives Yan Quan the ability to capture and command ghosts and spirits. As he investigates the cause of his senior student's death, a criminal organi 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is good, exactly as expected, the main characters each have their own unique characteristics. [Upvote][Upvote][Upvote]

6. 256 连 You Kicked Me Out in the Middle of the Night, So Why Do You Regret It? 连夜赶我走，你们怎么就后悔了 No Night Letter夜信无Urban242k WordsOngoing Calamity ravages the world, and the gods fall. Unkillable abominations slaughter all who live. The last of humanity’s forces press onward under a heavy burden, raising a boundary line across the wasteland and building the final watchtower. Some stand at the forefront, embracing the chaos of this turbulent age, while others hide in the shadows, watching with cold indifference... What will you choose? —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 地 The Underworld Invited Me to Guest-Star as the Protagonist 地府邀请我去客串主角 Alaizehate阿莱兹哈特Eastern Fantasy107k WordsOngoing A human monarch with a Shura soul fell in the war against the demon race a thousand years ago. His soul could never die or be destroyed, and was later sealed beneath Hell. One day, the gates of Hell swung open, and evil spirits escaped. The human monarch was entrusted with the important task of hunting down the spirits that had fled into the human world. As one incident after another unfolded, the conspiracy behind it all gradually came to light... [Fantasy] [Invincible] [Alternate Universe] [Re —Reads—Score—Shelves

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