Ghost Hunting! Taoist Priests! The Heroine Is a Ghost! She's Amazing From the Start! 捉鬼！道士！女主是鬼！开局就牛逼！

1. 1 地 The Real Heiress from the Underworld Has the Whole Family Listening to Gossip 地府来的真千金，惹得全家听八卦 Guo Qingqing果清清Modern Romance587k WordsCompleted [Invincible power fantasy + metaphysical mystery-solving + face-slapping + showbiz + male lead as a background character] The title was changed for the short drama adaptation and has little connection to the actual story. Top-tier star Chu Mingze's younger sister, who had been kidnapped years ago, has finally been found. His fans are calling for the two of them to appear as guest stars on a sibling reality show. But when his mysterious sister finally makes her first appearance after all this tim 8.5kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds

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   When it comes to ghostly aura, who can rival the King of Hell's? Witness the hilarious collaboration between the underworld and the human world in this mini-ensemble piece.

2. 2 都 The Yin-Yang Master of the City 都市阴阳天师 The Big Cabbage in the Snow雪地里的大白菜Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing Traditional supernatural horror. The protagonist starts out as a Celestial Master, turns into a purple-eyed zombie midway through, and transforms whenever he can’t win. If that bothers you, please give this a pass. Zhou Yuanqing studied under a purple-robed Celestial Master and chose to join Bureau 749, handling supernatural cases across the country: evil spirits, zombies, mountain demons, Japan’s Kiku School, Nanyang curse practitioners… In places ordinary people cannot see, battles of magic ha 30.9kReads8.1Score2.4k14d adds

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   This book is definitely worth reading. It's a traditional urban supernatural novel. The protagonist is a purple-robed exorcist who joins the 749 police force to handle supernatural cases in a city. It's very engaging and exciting. It's right up my alley, and I highly recommend it.

3. 3 我 My Wife Looks Like a Villain When She Hunts Ghosts 我老婆捉鬼时宛若一个反派 Ha Youli哈鱿狸Modern Romance612k WordsCompleted Everyone knew Lin Qing liked Pei Shiyu like crazy and had pursued him for three years. Everyone except Lin Qing herself. Everyone knew Pei Shiyu didn’t like Lin Qing, and that he’d married her only because his first love had married someone else. Everyone except Pei Shiyu himself. No one had faith in Lin Qing, and no one had faith in their marriage. Lin Qing didn’t care in the least. After they married, she ate when she was hungry and drank when she was thirsty. But gradually, she realized some 795Reads9.0Score10114d adds

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   Both are very good, and the books by the same author are also truly terrifying. "Help! That Ghost Hunter is a Liar!" Features a female protagonist, Lin Qing, who is a wealthy woman who learns ghost-catching from her father. "The Evil Principal's Guide to Taming Taoist Principals" is even more terrifying; it gives you goosebumps even during the day. The female principal, Yin Xiao, died during the war. Both are strong characters.

4. 4 恶 A Taoist Priest's Guide to Taming the Evil Spirit Principal 恶灵校长的道士驯养指南 Ha Youli哈鱿狸Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [A queen who replies to messages with total nonsense × a cynical, ill-tempered bad-boy type] Yin Xiao was no pushover when she was alive, and after she died, she made the underworld even more of a mess. After she’d lost count of how many times she mistook inspecting officials for condemned ghosts and threw them into the boiling oil, the officials finally saw reason. Rather than letting her wreak havoc in the underworld, they might as well put her to work. And so the underworld’s first school for 1.2kReads8.3Score63714d adds
5. 5 疯 The Madcap Young Lady Returns to the Capital, Raiding Tombs and Driving Her Family Insane 疯批小姐回京，破墓刨坟逼疯全家 Fat Fifteen胖十五Ancient Romance600k WordsCompleted [Reincarnation Before Birth, Taoist Priest, Comedy, Ghost Hunting, Love at First Sight] Shu Chang'an was reincarnated before birth, then despised as ill-fated and sent to a Taoist temple. Now she's back in the capital! Shu Chang'an thinks she has the best fate of all. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just asking for trouble. What? The concubines, younger brothers, and younger sisters in the manor all want to bully her? Shu Chang'an really wants to go back and ask her master whether fighting ov 3.1kReads8.2Score37514d adds

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   It's hilarious, but definitely don't watch it while eating.

6. 6 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 4.8kReads—Score32414d adds

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   This novel is both terrifying and captivating; highly recommended.

7. 7 你 You Expect a High Schooler Like Me to Marry a Thousand-Year-Old Female Ghost? 你让我一个高中生娶千年女鬼？ Waiting by the Phone for Her守着电话等她Mystery102k WordsOngoing The white cat my classmate casually picked up during evening study turned out to be a Huang Xian spirit that had cultivated its way to enlightenment. After I so much as glanced at it, it wanted to take my internal organs. To stay alive, I had no choice but to enter a ghost marriage and wed a ghost bride... 25Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Who knew that such a tiny tomato could be such a beauty? 🥰

8. 8 让 You Asked Me to Tell Fortunes, So Why Do I Have Secret Identities in Both the Underworld and the Living World? 让你算命，你咋阴界阳界都有马甲 Qian Ling'er千灵儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Cen, the Su family's daughter, is a master of the occult with memories of three lifetimes and a renowned figure across the three realms. She is blessed with great merit and abundant good fortune, yet she is mistaken for a bringer of disaster. Abandoned at birth, she grows up rejected by her parents. “Your older sister is the leading socialite in the capital, your brother is a rising star among the city's elite, and your younger sister attends a prestigious university. You've accomplished noth 7.8kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
9. 9 黄 A Weasel Demands a Title, So I Reveal My Purple-Robed Celestial Master's True Form 黄皮子讨封，我亮出紫袍天师法身 Horse-Herder Immortal出马仙Mystery4.8M WordsCompleted Humorous and hilarious + traditional supernatural folklore + spirit medium rituals + no System Zhang Tiezhu staggers home drunk one night. He runs into a tailless weasel that asks him for a blessing. The weasel asks, “Do I look more like a human or a god to you?” “Heh... You look like your grandma’s leg!” The weasel says, “...Brother Zhang, cut it out. Give me a proper answer!” Zhang Tiezhu says, “Weasel, let me tell you: these days, you have to believe in science!” The weasel says, “I’m a Yello 55.1kReads8.9Score8k14d adds
10. 10 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

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    "Horror Folklore [The Imposter Master Shakes the Hundred Demons]" is a novel combining elements of infinite flow, horror folklore, light comedy, survival, episodic storytelling, a single female lead, and a high density of exciting moments! It's not a writer's block! Worth reading! The stories are highly independent! It's almost as good as the completed series! 🦔

11. 11 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 12.2kReads7.3Score84014d adds

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    It's so addictive, I can't stop watching! They use Taoist magic to catch ghosts. They're incredibly professional, the more you watch, the more hooked you get.

12. 12 黄 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近 The Moon Bridge Remains桥月仍在Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 5.4kReads6.5Score49214d adds

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    The female lead is a cold and aloof female ghost king.

13. 13 天 The Fox Wife Chosen by Fate 天命狐妻 Three-Fingered Loofah三指丝瓜Mystery1.7M WordsOngoing Born with a frail fate that draws evil spirits, I married a fox under the terms of a written betrothal. She unfurled her nine tails and protected me, granting me a lifetime of peace. I cultivated the Dao and cut down every wicked ghost in the world. Together, human and fox, we roamed between yin and yang. Blessed with a fox wife, I alone stand guard against a hundred ghosts! 5.5kReads7.4Score28614d adds

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    I have to mention this one. The male lead is a Taoist priest, and the female lead is a nine-tailed fox. She's fiercely protective of her husband, and it's also very sweet.

14. 14 巡 The Yin-Walker 巡阴人 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Applying makeup to the dead, reading the winds and assessing the land, preparing bodies for burial, and performing rites on the seventh day after death. Scorched corpses: cleaning the body, applying rouge, painting the features! Bodies cut in half at the waist: removing the organs, filling the cavities, and stitching the body back together! I was born into a family that made its living from the dead, so I grew up dealing with corpses. I’ve seen all sorts of bizarre ways to die and countless inex 8.4kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds

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    I'd like to recommend a ghost story novel narrated by Wang Yuchen using a mysterious voice. I used to listen to it; it was called "A Bizarre Ghost Story Every Night," but I can't find it anymore, and I've forgotten where I listened to it. If anyone knows where it is, please tag me. Thanks!

15. 15 背 The Corpse Carrier 背尸工 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery728k WordsCompleted My name is Chen Feng, and I work as a corpse bearer at a funeral home. After a class reunion, I spent the night with Jiang Lixin, the school beauty. I never expected to see her corpse at work the very next day, or that I'd have to carry her on her final journey... 5.4kReads7.0Score32714d adds
16. 16 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 62.6kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
17. 17 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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    The girl with heterochromia sees through all the sinister schemes, the black-fire boy burns away all the filth and evil spirits, and the old Taoist priest's thunderous magic seal scare away all the evil creatures. The three of them team up and can eliminate even the most troublesome evil spirits in one go!

18. 18 茶 Strange Demons at the Teahouse: Tales of a Hundred Flavors 茶肆异妖，百味诡谈 Little Yue月之小Mystery206k WordsCompleted [Mysticism + Satisfying Read + Supernatural + Strange Tales] The Many-Flavored Teahouse in Liuyi Lane is mysterious and uncanny. It only serves tea at night. What’s brewed is fragrant tea; what’s savored is the human heart. The proprietress, Liu Xu’er, and her young sidekick, Qing Cen, hunt ghosts, subdue demons, and catch evildoers. Their only focus is building their business. But one moment of bad judgment leads them to take on a job for an unlucky man. He’s been set up, and one misfortune aft 11Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 19 子 The Double Fiend 子母双煞 Little Yue月之小MysteryCompleted The Mother-and-Child Fiends —Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 20 阴 The Yin-Yang Ghost Master 阴阳鬼师 Little Lord Ka小卡殿Mystery382k WordsOngoing The young Maoshan Celestial Master Zhao Ziyang ventures into the city. Half a bowl of clear water reveals the workings of heaven and earth; one spirit talisman commands ghosts and gods. He walks the Eight Trigrams steps of Maoshan and wields a divine sword to slay evil spirits. From the underworld’s ghostly canals and the six-eyed evil child to the great demon of Black Mountain and the thousand-year-old Blood Corpse King, he takes them all on along the way. There is a female lead. Pure supernatu 24.2kReads6.3Score2k14d adds
21. 21 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! 743.2kReads9.4Score41.2k14d adds
22. 22 我 My Date with a Vampire: Future and Past 我和僵尸有个约会之未来昔日 Nameless Fire Bull无名火牛Mystery462k WordsCompleted Jiang Tianyou, the Zombie God, and Ma Xiaoling, the exorcist Celestial Master, both vanished without a trace after the world-ending crisis several decades ago, leaving behind only an urban legend about their demon-slaying exploits. Years later, the winds of change rise again, and the gears of fate begin turning once more! Kuang Tianya, an exorcist girl bearing her family's mission, unexpectedly encounters Kuang Wuming, a mysterious young man who keeps his true abilities hidden, in a city seeth 22Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist of this book is very well portrayed; he really impressed me. The character is well-controlled, and the supporting characters are also good. I was amazed.

23. 23 天 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ At Sunset Beneath the Moon, I Am Sanhe日落月下吾为三禾Mystery544k WordsOngoing On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 57Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a must-have! Horror, suspense, humor, no filler, no rambling, not some old supernatural cliché, everyone's intelligence is on point—it's definitely this!

24. 24 黄 The Lady Master of the Yellow Springs Express 黄泉快递的当家女先生 It's Prajna, Yeah是般若吖Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Plot-driven fantasy anthology | Deities undergoing tribulations × ten lifetimes of reincarnation | Spirit communication and fortune-telling | Subverting expectations | The early chapters focus on the heroine's growth. After experiencing supernatural events and schemes, she gradually uncovers more secrets about her past life and origins. Spoiler: the story is told in reverse chronological order. Take your time and enjoy! 65Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Ah, this is absolutely a masterpiece, the pinnacle of the Tomato Awards! It's truly amazing, I love it!

25. 25 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
26. 26 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, 150Reads6.2Score—14d adds
27. 27 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! 32Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 28 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—14d adds

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    Combining metaphysical puzzle-solving with everyday chatter, it's an easy read.

29. 29 我 Among the Otherworldly 我在异人间 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Urban534k WordsCompleted I am descended from the Sage Yangming. When I was born, countless bolts of heavenly thunder circled our old family home and crashed down. Could it be because the last dragon and phoenix in the world died right outside my house, and now they want me to pay with my life? 17Reads6.9Score—14d adds
30. 30 第 Day 49: The Whole Internet Watches Me Tear Through the Horse-Shaman World 第49天，全网看我杀穿出马仙 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery318k WordsCompleted [The first novel online to tackle the “spirit-medium” genre from an opposing perspective] Before my dad died, he left me a blood curse: “If you meet a god, beat it. If you see an immortal, kill it.” Now the whole village is made up of spirit mediums, and I'm the only ordinary person left. They livestream “catching an old immortal,” so I report them and get their accounts banned. They stage “the Tragic King being killed,” so I expose their tricks on the spot. Then I rescue a snow-white fox, and i 15Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 31 长 The Ghost-Hunting Chronicles of Chang'an 长安御鬼行 She and the Jiao她与鲛Ancient Romance441k WordsOngoing (A bold, dashing female Yin-Yang Master from Chang'an + The sharp-tongued, arrogant King of Ten Thousand Ghosts) Ye Yaoniang is a renowned Yin-Yang Master in Chang'an. Born with Yin Eyes and extraordinary abilities, she walks between the worlds of yin and yang. Clad in red and armed with a golden blade, she roams the land, vanquishing demons and slaying ghosts without batting an eye. Even the ghost officials of the underworld show her respect. One day, she accidentally takes a sharp-tongued Ghos 7Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    This book is about ghost hunting. The female lead is a Taoist priest who starts by catching ghosts and has incredible fighting skills. The more you read, the more you realize she's truly a clear-headed and proud woman who never bows her head. Highly recommended!

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