Looking for Stories Where the Male Lead Inherits His Grandfather’s or Ancestors’ Ghost-Hunting or Ghost-Helping Abilities 想看男主继承自己爷爷或者祖上的驱鬼或者帮鬼的

1. 51 阳 Notes of a Taoist Priest in the World of the Living 阳间道士笔记 Pan Dejiang潘的江Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted A recent college graduate ends up working odd jobs at Fuyuantang after an accident. He becomes an apprentice, learns the craft, kills ghosts, and subdues demons. From the locust tree spirit in Xiangcheng to the Mountain Goddess of Jinling, from evil Taoist cultivators in western Hunan to master Gu-raisers in Miaojiang, the Taoist sects under heaven are in turmoil. Watch Li Yang take up his sword and roam the world! 7.5kReads8.3Score69814d adds
2. 52 茅 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Art 茅山天师诀 Ten Thousand Miles of Scenery Before Me眼前万里江山Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Maoshan Taoist arts] [Urban ghost-hunting] [Folklore and strange tales] [Chinese cosmic horror] Lu Xiaoyang, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, drank blood instead of milk for his first taste of anything after birth. After enduring three calamities and nine tribulations, he was personally appointed “Judge of the Living” by King Yama. To avoid becoming the son-in-law of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, Lu Xiaoyang heads to the city to find the woman he was betrothed to as a child, only to be dumpe 16.1kReads8.1Score1.6k14d adds
3. 53 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Looking for a male protagonist who inherits his family's Taoist magic to exorcise ghosts? This one is amazing! The male protagonist learned real skills from his grandfather and specializes in helping ghosts fulfill their wishes and solving strange cases. The plot is full of hardcore Taoist magic and battles of wits between humans and ghosts. The foreshadowing is deep, and the plot twists one after another, keeping me on the edge of my seat.

4. 54 阴 The Yin-Yang Divine Doctor 阴阳医神 Summer Light Bathes the Morning夏光沐晨Urban199k WordsOngoing Wang An is armed with ghost needles and a Demon-Beating Whip, and can control eight flying swords with his mind. He uses his skills to join the Paranormal Affairs Bureau, where he specializes in supernatural cases. During a mission, he uncovers a plot by Zhong Kui of the underworld. Zhong Kui plans to slaughter the living to expand his ranks of followers, build private temples to gather merit, and overthrow Emperor Yindu so he can rule in his place. The case also brings his family’s past to ligh 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This meets the requirements.

5. 55 第 Part One: The Nine-Turn Chaos Art 第一部：九转混沌诀 Destined Second Uncle天命二舅Eastern Fantasy604k WordsCompleted Jiang Yi is an ordinary young man whose sect has branded him as having “crippled spiritual roots,” condemning him to a life with no hope of immortality. After enduring scorn and bullying, he unexpectedly discovers the long-lost ancient scripture, The Primordial Dao Canon, inside his ancestral jade pendant. He isn’t a good-for-nothing. He is a Chaos Dao Body, a once-in-ten-thousand-years rarity! Ordinary cultivation techniques are like leaky buckets to him. Only the ancient Chaos scripture can u 10Reads6.6Score—14d adds

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   Chaos, fate, spacetime, time, cause and effect, creation, destruction, swordsmanship, light, darkness, void beasts—the world-building is vast, with many unanswered questions. I'm really looking forward to the second part to read slowly.

6. 56 我 I Became a Saint Through Sign-Ins, So I Won't Be a Live-In Son-in-Law 我靠签到成圣才不做赘婿 Destined Second Uncle天命二舅Eastern Fantasy509k WordsCompleted Ouyang Yi only wanted to live a quiet life, but was forced to marry into the Liu family, one of the Five Immortals of Changbai Mountain, a family of cultivators. On their wedding night, his bride humiliated him, and even the servants dared to sneer at him. Just as he was losing all hope, he activated the sign-in System within him. “Ding! You signed in at the woodshed and received the [Chaos Dao Body]!” “Ding! You signed in in the kitchen and received the [Nine-Turn Golden Elixir]!” When Ouyang Y 35Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 57 我 My Grandfather’s Supernatural Notebook 我爷爷的灵异笔记 Don't Want to Get as Fat as a Pig不想胖成猪Mystery491k WordsCompleted [Spirit Medium + Supernatural + Episodic Stories] One eerie incident after another, each like something out of a horror novel. Getting trapped in a ghostly maze in the middle of the night Strange mystical arts and Taoist magic A weasel that can talk A notebook of supernatural cases left behind by my grandfather helped me unlock my Yin-Yang Eyes, sealed for years. From then on, I embarked on an extraordinary everyday life as a ghost hunter! 472Reads9.1Score10214d adds

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   Having a powerful backer is truly impressive. This small team is incredibly supportive, loyal, and has strong moral values. They've been living in my heart lately! 😻😻😻

8. 58 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—Score10414d adds

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   Evil spirits roam the city at night. An old man and his two apprentices specialize in dealing with the strange occurrences of the world! Talismans suppress evil, magic swords vanquish the ghosts, and the Taoist master and his disciples sweep away the city's malevolent forces!

9. 59 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 839Reads—Score10914d adds
10. 60 秘 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 92Reads—Score114d adds
11. 61 柜 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 49Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 62 凶 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. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 63 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 169.8kReads9.5Score17.3k14d adds

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    My secret to staying young: lying about my age O(∩_∩)O

14. 64 地 The Underworld Is Real: I Became a Viral Ghostbuster Through Livestreaming 地府有人，我靠直播驱鬼火遍全网 Tian Nanxing Nan天南星南Mystery668k WordsCompleted [Live Streaming + Ghost Hunting + Horror + No Female Lead] After being killed by a ghost, Zhou Yu meets his father in the underworld, where the old man is a senior ghost officer. Since he has connections down there, it looks like he can do whatever he wants without worrying about dying again. There’s a condition for coming back to life: he has to help his father send evil ghosts and vengeful spirits to the underworld. To make ends meet, Zhou Yu starts livestreaming his ghost hunts, and unexpecte 6.5kReads9.3Score70714d adds
15. 65 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno 2.3kReads8.3Score26814d adds

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    "Feng Shui Secrets + Supernatural Events + Bureau 749 + Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism, Legalism + Qimen Dunjia + Mohist Mechanical Arts + Lu Ban Techniques + Reincarnated Living Buddhas!" Written from the perspective of an architectural engineer, this book tells Feng Shui stories and interprets the essence of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism!

16. 66 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—14d adds

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    Shamanic practices, Maoshan Taoist priests, Shaolin Temple sorcerers, and other shamanic groups, including hardcore ghost-fighting, ghost-raising, drought demons, flying zombies, ghost death as a gradual process, the Five Witches' army, ghost soldiers borrowing a path, the Nine Chrysanthemums sect, corpse retrieval, and corpse carrying.

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