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Urban Ghost-Hunting Novels About Taoist Priests, Just the Supernatural Stuff, None of That Random Nonsense 道士都市捉鬼只要灵异的乱七八糟的不要

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  1. 501 Are You Dead? If Not, Let Me Help You Die 你断气了吗？没事我来帮你咽气 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted From birth to death, life is just a process. Once you see that, it all comes down to one last breath. But in this world, there are always people who refuse to breathe their last, corpses that refuse to enter their coffins, and ghosts that refuse to go to the underworld. To put it plainly, our line of work is about cutting off the breath the dead couldn’t let go of. Whoever can cut off whose breath depends on their own ability. 191Reads—Score—Shelves
  2. 502 After Passing the Civil Service Exam, a Mage Tricked Me into Catching Ghosts 考编上岸后，我被法师骗去抓鬼 Explosive Fire Roast爆炸火烧Mystery132k WordsOngoing [Supernatural powers + spirit mediums + divination + disciple of a bodhisattva + ghost hunting] This entire novel is told through my personal experiences. I’ve simply recorded all the supernatural events I’ve experienced, witnessed, and encountered over the years. Readers can decide for themselves whether they’re true or not. 39Reads—Score—Shelves
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  3. 503 Kunlun Gatekeeper: Ten Thousand Ghosts at My Back 昆仑守门人：我背后有万鬼 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted There's a long-standing rumor about the Capital Museum: though it's crowded with visitors by day, the palace is thick with yin energy after midnight. Palace maids carrying lanterns, eunuchs bearing sedan chairs, and guards in yellow robes stroll openly through its halls. For a hundred years, three generations of the Chen family have guarded the Capital Museum, suppressing evil spirits and the Three Fiends and Five Afflictions, and keeping the palace secure on all eight sides so peace can reign. 5.9kReads8.9Score572Shelves
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  4. 504 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 86Reads—Score—Shelves
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  5. 505 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开，青丝缠人拖入柜 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常18k WordsCompleted The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 45Reads—Score—Shelves
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  6. 506 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 Asking the Cold Wind in a Light Rain微雨问冷风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 40.2kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
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  7. 507 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 57Reads—Score—Shelves
  8. 508 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~ 32.7kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves
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  9. 509 A Bizarre Tale of Feng Shui! 风水奇谭！ Chen Jiu辰九Urban555k WordsCompleted Chen Yan, a top student at a 985 university, suffered a devastating blow at just twenty-two: His roommate set him up and framed him, driving him into a dead end; His girlfriend of three years cheated on him; his father was hospitalized with a serious illness, and he couldn't even scrape together the 5,000-yuan deposit. His loan payments were overdue and collectors were after him. He was about to become... Just as he sank into utter despair, a mysterious old Daoist appeared, opened his heavenly e 6.1kReads8.5Score398Shelves
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  10. 510 I Own a Taoist Temple, and Everyone Who Prays There Meets Misfortune 我有一座道观，祈福之人必遭厄运 Mr. Button扣子先生Urban125k WordsCompleted [Invincible + Supernatural + Livestreaming + Wild Imagination + One Female Lead + Thirty-Six Heavenly Methods + Summoning + Transmigration] I have a Taoist temple where every prayer is answered, but until your wish comes true, misfortune will come your way! You might get into a car accident, suddenly fall into a sewer, or be plagued by evil spirits. Zhang Deshuai says those are all just minor mishaps. At least your wish came true, didn’t it? Run into a ghost? Don’t worry, don’t worry. Watch me w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 511 Rule Horror: Beware Your Roommate's Girlfriend 规则怪谈：请小心你室友的女友 Half a Liang of Salt盐巴半两Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [No heroine + not wish fulfillment + not invincible + unsettling + horror + suspense + plot-driven] [The livestreaming element is only a tiny part of the story. The focus is on horror and suspense, so feel free to dive in] There are only two people left in your school dorm: you and your roommate. Your roommate suddenly brings home an incredibly attractive person they met online, leaves you some money, then hurries off. Now you're alone in the room with your roommate's gorgeous online date... Wou 33.9kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
  12. 512 The Yin-Yang Sect Leader 阴阳掌门人 Happy God乐乐神Mystery6.2M WordsCompleted Corpse retrievers have three rules about bodies they must never retrieve. For the sake of a hundred thousand yuan, my father and I broke all three. As we were pulling a woman's corpse from the water, she suddenly opened her eyes. From then on, she wouldn't leave me alone… 7.8kReads8.6Score768Shelves
  13. 513 Nine Dragons Hauling a Coffin 九龙拉棺 Nine Spirits of Spring and Autumn春秋九灵Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted The day my grandfather died, all living things on Mount Kunlun paid their respects. Dark clouds churned as nine dragons pulled an emerald divine coffin down from the heavens... People said: When an immortal passes into meditation, heavenly thunder welcomes them back to their place in the celestial court; When nine dragons pull a coffin, a divine coffin buries an immortal's body. 4.1kReads7.9Score365Shelves
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  14. 514 Suppressing the Dragon 镇龙 Ninth Young Master of the Daoist Sect道门九公子Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted For one person, he dug up an ancient grave, broke into a dragon's tomb, and wielded the Yang Sword to slay yin spirits! An heir to a family of secret arts, he joins a group of men and women bound together by fate. Together, they travel far and wide, fighting monsters in the mountains, slaying evil in the cities, breaking into the underworld, and robbing ghost messengers... To change our fate, we defy the heavens! 2.8kReads8.8Score516Shelves
  15. 515 The Feng Shui Mastermind 风水大掌柜 Taro Shrimp香芋大虾Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted The day I was born, nine dragons came bearing a coffin, and a hundred ghosts wailed in mourning. I was born under a fated star. My name is Bai Ke, a feng shui master delivered to the mortal world in a coffin borne by nine dragons. I guide souls between yin and yang, and was born with an innate gift for the mysteries of heaven and earth. When you run into anything supernatural, just come to me, Bai Ke. I am the chief feng shui master, and there is no mysterious matter in this world that I cannot 628Reads7.1Score101Shelves
  16. 516 The House Immortal Affairs Office 家仙办事处 Three Two Zero Four Zero叁贰零肆零Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing Chen Ping'an, a graduate student in folklore, has never believed in ghosts or gods. That is, until he inherited his old family home and caught a fox spirit sitting on his sofa in the middle of the night, playing Honor of Kings. Then it tossed him an employment contract from the “Household Spirits Affairs Office.” From then on, his materialist worldview completely fell apart: Huang Xian works as a delivery driver, gathering intelligence. Bai Xian runs a traditional Chinese medicine clinic and sec 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  17. 517 My Grim Reaper Friend 我的鬼差朋友 w Wu Yulunbi ww吴与伦比wMystery285k WordsOngoing In this fantastical world, Song Ziyuan befriended a ghost messenger named Zhang Xing. He always wore a black trench coat and had a strange smile on his face, but don't be fooled by his appearance: he's actually a very funny guy. As a ghost messenger of the Underworld, Zhang Xing travels between the human world and the Underworld, guiding the dead to where they belong and hunting down evil spirits. Song Ziyuan, his human friend, often gets dragged into these eerie adventures... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  18. 518 Chen Ergou’s Path to Taoism 陈二狗修道记 Ten Thousand Miles of Clear Osmanthus万里清桂Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted In a small mountain village, all sorts of strange things happen to a boy named Chen Ergou. Rumor has it that he is the reincarnation of the Mad Daoist. At a very young age, Chen Ergou bows beneath a great willow tree and takes a ghost as his master. He learns the arts of Heaven, Earth, and the Five Elements, and through a series of chance encounters embarks on a path of cultivation: catching ghosts, telling fortunes, reading feng shui, and discerning yin from yang. The people he helps go on to b 4kReads8.5Score470Shelves
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  19. 519 Help! Since When Did the Translator Moonlight as a Ghost Hunter? 救命！翻译员什么时候兼职抓鬼了 Bu Bu Ao Ye不不熬叶Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted Something extraordinary happened to Ye Luning when she turned twenty-four: she found she could see ghosts, and one of them even latched onto her. With no other choice, Ye Luning, a translator, was forced to take the ghost back to its homeland so it could be laid to rest. While searching for the ghost's family, she unexpectedly met a man. From then on, the two became a very odd pair. She catches ghosts, he lays them to rest. To the head of the Ji family: “Oh, did you pee yourself?” To the crippl 39Reads—Score—Shelves
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  20. 520 On Becoming a Ghost Constable 关于我做鬼差这件事 Li Xiuming李修明Mystery32k WordsOngoing My name is Zhang Yan, and I’m twenty-three years old. After graduating from college, I hoped to make something of myself in the city, but an unexpected car accident and a strange job interview opened the door to a whole new world. Ghosts and monsters, demons and spirits, the good and evil of human nature, right and wrong. Join me as we explore them all. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 521 Supernatural: I Exorcise Ghosts with Force and Scare the School Beauty Out of Her Wits 灵异：暴力驱鬼，我把校花吓懵了 Cold Words and Leng Words冷言leng语Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + comedy + System. If you read the first 30 chapters and don't laugh, come roast me!] On Zhang Wei’s first day of college, a blood-red sun hung in the sky and his entire class was dragged into a ghost realm. Just then, his Ghost-Teasing System awakened! With the whole class under a ghost’s curse, the campus belle, Lu Lianxue, had no choice but to reveal her hidden identity: a disciple of Longhu Mountain and a member of the Exorcism Bureau. But before she could show off her skills.. 29.2kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
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  22. 522 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 79.8kReads9.4Score9.9kShelves
  23. 523 Horror Revival: From the Start, I Obtained an SSS-Rank Talent 恐怖复苏：开局获得SSS级天赋 Watch the Sunrise with Me陪我看日出Mystery302k WordsCompleted This is a world where horror has returned. The gates of the underworld stand wide open, ghosts roam unchecked, and everyone lives in fear as humanity struggles to survive amid relentless danger. As horror returned, spirit tamers began to appear! By forming contracts with ghosts, they can borrow their power and fight against other ghosts! Chu Feng transmigrated to this world and bound himself to the God-Tier Spirit Tamer System. Completing missions earns him rewards. “Ding! Mission complete. Rewa 1.2kReads5.5Score151Shelves
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  24. 524 The Grim Reaper Has Arrived 鬼差驾到 Nian Xinyu念欣雨Urban43k WordsOngoing Lin Ziheng, an office worker, unexpectedly merged souls with a ghost messenger, and his life changed dramatically from then on. After merging with the ghost messenger's abilities, Lin Ziheng gained extraordinary powers. He could see a world hidden from ordinary people, communicate with spirits, and even resolve supernatural incidents. He also met a group of people who would otherwise never have crossed his path. Holy crap, Taoist priests really do throw swords and talismans. What? Some people ev —Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 525 Run! My Family Aren't Human 快跑，我的家人不是人 San Zhi Huo三知火Mystery374k WordsCompleted [No System] [Not a saint] [Infinite Flow] [mild horror] Just like any other evening after study hall, I opened the front door! The lights were off. My parents were lurking in the dark, waiting to devour my flesh. A guillotine blade hung over my head, held by my younger sister. My older brother had prepared a pot of fresh soup to go with his wine! Run! Run for your life! My family aren’t human! Your goal is to survive in this twisted world of humanity. 529Reads5.5Score114Shelves
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  26. 526 I'm the Inspector of the Yin and Yang Worlds 我是阴阳两界巡查使 Half a Portion of Rice Noodles半份米线Mystery328k WordsCompleted An ordinary man sees a ghost one day and discovers that injustice is rampant not only among the living, but also in the underworld, where many officials abuse their power and take bribes. Armed with nothing but a worn-out brush and a token, Zhang San travels between the worlds of the living and the dead, investigating injustice. He always follows one principle: if a good person has done wrong, don't punish them, or give them a light sentence... 116Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. 527 Yin-Yang Online Shop 阴阳网店 Xie Qingsheng谢庆生Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Hao is a fake Taoist who grew up following a charlatan. After finishing his college entrance exams, he opens an online shop, only to find that his very first customer is White Impermanence. From then on, he starts making a living by scamming both people and gods. He sells beer, cigarettes, and spicy strips for their weight in gold. He buys talismans, spells, and magical artifacts for next to nothing. And as for his luck with women... well, you know how that goes! 1.3kReads8.7Score171Shelves
  28. 528 We've Got People Down Below 咱下面有人 Warm Sun on Duckweed暖阳浮萍Urban1.5M WordsCompleted The big shots of the Underworld? They're my ancestors! As the Underworld's number-one playboy, I stay calm. My family has always been serious about protecting its own! The Underworld's ghost dragons? They're my tattoos! Those guys are a little too wild. If possible, send a few more my way! The Underworld's bailiffs? They're my underlings! They can drive for me and deliver packages, too! Evil spirits causing trouble? I'll kill every last one of them. Well, as the Underworld's Ghost Courier Ju 13.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
  29. 529 How Is He a Simp? Even Female Ghosts Are Throwing Themselves at Him! 这哪是舔狗？连女鬼都在倒贴他！ Hanmo Songzhen翰墨松桢Urban1.1M WordsCompleted This book has multiple female leads. If that’s not your thing, proceed with caution! After swearing he’d never be a simp again, Chen Zhen somehow becomes a “Grim Reaper of the Six Realms.” Humans, ghosts, demons, gods, devils, and immortals: Beautiful women from all six realms throw themselves at him, and his life becomes one where he’s the one being pursued... “What do you do when a female ghost tries to force you into marriage? Asking online, and I’m in a real hurry...” “Miss, my cultivation 8.2kReads8.8Score1kShelves
  30. 530 Ghost Officer of the Mortal Realm 阳世鬼差 Worldly Splendor世间繁华Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Sigh! I’m guaranteed not to get Saturday off, and there’s no guarantee I’ll get Sunday off either. Nothing anyone says can help. My job isn’t even covered by labor laws. I catch ghosts every day, have won countless Good Person awards, and had more than a few female ghosts secretly flirt with me, but in the end, I’m still prowling every corner of the city under cover of night. 62Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. 531 Grandpa’s Starting a Rebellion in the Underworld, While I’m an Earthbound Yin Messenger 爷爷在地府造反，我在人间当阴差 Fat Flow Straight Down肥流直下Urban1.7M WordsCompleted “Grandson, burn me some money!” Every night, whenever Wang Ming fell asleep, he heard his grandfather, Wang Renyi, appear in his dreams and ask him to burn paper money for him. Wang Renyi said he had staged a rebellion in the underworld. He had beaten up the Ten Ghost Marshals and their underlings, kicked the Six Bureau Officers, and even demolished the halls of the Ten Kings of Hell. Then, out of nowhere, Wang Ming, who was still in the world of the living, activated the Netherworld Deity Syste 1.4kReads8.8Score141Shelves
  32. 532 Xuanhuan: I Lead Hundreds of Millions of Yin Soldiers to Rebuild the Underworld 玄幻：我率领亿万阴兵，重建地府 Xiao Jiang Next Door隔壁小江Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted Chen Qiye transmigrated into a fantasy world, only to find it crawling with countless vicious ghosts that preyed on people and stole their lives. Fortunately, the most powerful Underworld Emperor System awakened within him. Summon Heibai Wuchang to seize wandering souls and slay evil ghosts! Summon the Yin soldiers and generals, throw open the gates of the underworld, and set a hundred ghosts roaming by night! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, uphold good, and keep the mortal realm i 16.9kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves
  33. 533 Dragon-Subduing Art 镇龙术 Claim the Central Plains问鼎中原Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted When I was born, my grandfather foresaw that I would face four great calamities in my life. To change my fate, he traded his life for mine. That day, a thousand white cranes circled overhead, escorting my grandfather to his final rest... 22Reads7.6Score—Shelves
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  34. 534 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 150kReads9.6Score20.4kShelves
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  35. 535 The Goddess's Roommate, a Divine Conman 女神的合租神棍 Apache阿帕奇Urban4.2M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller comes down from the mountains, carrying an extraordinary legacy and a host of skills. With a mysterious art of reading the heavens, Qin Ning arrives in the dazzling city. He reads fortunes, makes a little money, and occasionally defies fate to change someone’s fortunes. See how he enjoys life in the city and begins a wonderful life sharing a home... 19.5kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
  36. 536 The Face Reader Comes Down From the Mountain 相师下山 Drunk from a Flick of the Finger弹指一壶醉Urban3.1M WordsCompleted A country boy receives the true teachings of a Taoist master, then heads down the mountain and makes his way in the city. What can a rough country boy like him do? Qin Hai smiles faintly. “I can read faces and bones, appraise antiques, cast the Six Yao, and tell your fortune from your birth chart!” 41.2kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
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  37. 537 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 1kReads8.3Score110Shelves