Looking for a Metaphysics and Ghost-Hunting Novel With a Growing Female Lead and No CP 求玄学捉鬼 女主成长型 无CP的小说

1. 1 惊 Spine-Chilling Mysteries: This Beautiful Female Celestial Master Plays by Her Own Rules 惊悚诡事，这个女天师人美路子野 The Cabbage Bun Isn't Cabbage菜包子不菜Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Jiayi. I was born in 1996. Because my life force was weak, ghosts haunted me from childhood, and everyone in the village thought I was an idiot. They poured dirty water on me, called me a jinx, and swore I wouldn’t live past eighteen. But I believe in gods and ghosts. The one thing I don’t believe in is fate. To stay alive, I became a disciple of a spiritual master. I fought to change my fate, with talismans in one hand and a peachwood sword in the other. From then on Vengef 13.9kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves

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   This one has to be it! The female lead is exceptionally well-developed, it's a nurturing story, and importantly, there's no romantic pairing!!

2. 2 道 Taoist Priest, Help Me Exorcise a Ghost! 道长！帮忙驱鬼 Mu Shiluo Qi暮势洛柒Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing All things have yin and yang; the seasons turn four times a year, and ghosts and monsters roam the world. Tang Ning only wanted to run the Psychic Pavilion, sell little trinkets, and live an easygoing life as a happy-go-lucky slacker. She never expected the colorful parade of customers and friends coming and going to make her life so complicated. A haunted old mansion shrouded in gloom, children whose souls have been switched, evil masters who keep wicked ghosts... All kinds of bizarre incide 435Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   This book is okay; it has a romantic pairing, but the male lead rarely appears, causing readers to split into two groups arguing (because the male lead doesn't appear later in the story, one group says it's a female-centric novel). You can pretend there's no male lead; it's very good.

3. 3 这 This Woman's a Little Unhinged 这个娘们有点癫 Mo Jia Lan Cai墨家懒材Modern Romance340k WordsOngoing An easygoing modern story featuring the paranormal and mystic arts, with satisfying payback and sweet romance. A strong female lead: Xie Meimei is an expert in fortune-telling, physiognomy, feng shui, talismans, and ghost-catching. Born with Yin-Yang Eyes, she was kidnapped as a child and later adopted by Granny Chen, a blind fortune-teller, who taught her all kinds of Taoist skills. So poor she can barely scrape by, the heroine sets up a stall to earn her living expenses. She meets the male lea 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I've never seen such a realistic female protagonist novel. The protagonist can read fortunes and catch ghosts. She was kidnapped as a child and adopted by a blind old woman. She meets the cursed male protagonist while making a living by setting up a stall. The plot is not padded and gets more and more enjoyable as you read.

4. 4 团 The Beloved Prodigy of Metaphysics Is a Total Badass 团宠的玄学大佬飒爆了 Runze Linlin润泽霖霖Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [Mysticism + immensely satisfying + strong female lead + adored by everyone] A girl from the mountains arrives at the top-tier Wen family. She’s said to be Old Master Wen’s niece, but the family’s powerful figures all refuse to call her Auntie. Xuan Yuan Xi reads faces, tells fortunes, studies feng shui, drives away evil spirits, catches ghosts, and draws talismans with great flair. She shocks the whole city, and her powerful nephews can’t help falling for her! By chance, Xuan Yuan Xi saves a ma 33Reads8.8Score—Shelves
5. 5 我 I Own an Antique Shop: Enter at Your Own Risk, It's Haunted 我有一家古玩店，闹鬼慎入 Young Master Rui蕊公子Mystery357k WordsCompleted A haven for the supernatural, where every guest is welcome! You can leave haunted objects here for safekeeping, or even store a ghost. In special circumstances, we also take in the living. As long as you can pay, the haven can give those with nowhere else to go, those being hunted, and ghosts, monsters, and other sinister beings a place to stay. Sign the contract and set the seal. Once the agreement is made, the haven guarantees that nothing will go wrong during the agreed period. My name is Yun 154Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   This book is definitely worth reading 😶 You won't be disappointed at all... A paranormal shelter, everyone is welcome! You can store spirits here, 😲 or even a ghost. In special circumstances, we even accept living people. As long as you can afford it, the shelter can provide shelter for those who have nowhere to go and are being hunted...

6. 6 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.7kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves

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   A truly worthwhile book to read! It will make you laugh and cry, and then laugh again while crying.

7. 7 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 112.4kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves

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   The female lead, yeah, only appears in the third book.

8. 8 爷 Grandpa, Did You Really Start a Rebellion in the Underworld? 爷爷，您真在地府造反了？ A Big Shark一头大鲨鱼Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Campus Life, Everyday Moments, Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy, Supernatural, Shameless Antics, Unhinged Behavior] “Good grandson, Grandpa's out of money for the war. Hurry up and burn me some cash!” Zhang Di got nightmares like this at least once a day, but never thought much of them. Until one day, he dreamed his grandpa was fuming: “You little brat, why is it so hard to burn me some money? Fine, I'll send someone up there to teach you how to burn joss paper, step by step!” Grandpa's attacking a city? 17.3kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
9. 9 周 Duke Zhou's Dream Interpretation 周公解梦 Sick of the Pen, River厌笔川Mystery353k WordsCompleted Everyone dreams, but few people know what their dreams truly mean. Even fewer understand that dreams are actually omens, warning us whether the things about to happen in our lives will bring good fortune or disaster! Just as cats and dogs behave strangely before an earthquake, and ants tirelessly move house in the days before a flood, our dreams guide us whenever a major change is about to take place in our lives… 20.5kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
10. 10 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
11. 11 黄 Yellow Springs Inn 黄泉客栈 Yue Qingyun岳青云Mystery625k WordsCompleted One day, a construction crew was blasting a path through a mountain when the explosives engineer suddenly felt an ominous premonition. The mountain collapsed, splitting open to reveal a seal buried for thousands of years deep within its heart. A towering crystal pillar, strange runes, and the seal’s sudden explosion blurred everyone’s vision. When they came to, they no longer knew where they were... Thus began a tale buried for thousands of years! 35Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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12. 12 玄 The Mystic Queen Returns and Turns the Ghost Realm Upside Down 玄学女王回归后，炸翻鬼界 Galaxy Dream星河梦Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + redemption + ghost hunting] Lu Chi, a gifted young man, loses his sight and becomes paralyzed in a car accident. Everyone tramples on and humiliates him, and he grows dark and twisted. Ye Qing, a grandmaster of metaphysics, comes to repay a debt of gratitude. She treats his illness, treats him kindly, and gives him all the tenderness she can. His pale, frightening face turns toward her. “What do you want?” Ye Qing smiles brightly. “I want you to be well.” In an instant, all the em 8.1kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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    This is pretty good, it's watchable.

13. 13 玄 The Metaphysics Master Shakes the World After Coming Down from the Mountain 玄学大佬下山后轰动全世界 Gathering the Galaxy一揽星河Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + satisfying read + sweet romance] Everyone in the industry says the newly reunited eldest daughter of the Su family is a menace. One sentence from her can break up a marriage, shatter a family, drive someone into bankruptcy, or land them in jail, so people steer clear of her. What’s more, she has opened a Taoist temple and does fortune-telling, face-reading, feng shui, sells talismans, and catches ghosts. She’s done every sort of scam imaginable! Later, word gets around that the elde 82.7kReads9.5Score12.9kShelves
14. 14 虐 The Torment-Novel Heroine Is Busy Catching Ghosts 虐文女主忙抓鬼 Sweet Cheng甜甜程Mystery596k WordsCompleted [Comedy + transmigration + ghost hunting] Su Su opens her eyes to find herself in a hospital bed, with someone nearby trying to take her kidney. From the doctors' conversation, she realizes she's transmigrated? Into the very angst novel she had just complained about, and as the abused heroine, no less? Then Su Su discovers that the world of the book is actually supernatural. Isn't that her specialty? They dare abuse her? They have no idea what's coming. How about a female-ghost special, on the h 3.7kReads8.9Score493Shelves

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    Please recommend some novels where the female lead is a ghost hunter and there's no romantic partner.

15. 15 刚 I’d Just Successfully Rebelled in the Underworld When the Campus Belle Summoned Me 刚在冥界造反成功，就被校花召唤 Shi Ditian释帝天Urban106k WordsOngoing A work by Shidi Tian, guaranteed to be top-notch. If you don't read it, you'll regret it. This is a world called Blue Star. This world is connected to the Netherworld. Everyone on Blue Star can summon the dead from the Netherworld and coexist with them for mutual benefit. Ye Zixin is a campus beauty abandoned by her father. Determined to avenge her mother by defeating her father, she vows to become a high-ranking necromancer. Qin Aotian transmigrated to the Netherworld six months ago and rose to 4Reads5.1Score—Shelves

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16. 16 我 I’m Being Parasitized by Two Bizarre Creatures at Once 我同时被两只诡异生物寄生 I'm a Salty Fish我是的咸鱼Urban174k WordsOngoing Liu Fan transmigrated to a world full of legends. He had everything a protagonist could ask for from the start. But the restraints of a peaceful life on Earth made him unwilling to kill, and he kept making the wrong moves at every turn. Until his parents died because of him, and he turned dark. A protagonist who kills decisively and slaughters all living beings was born. Liu Fan: “You destroyed the last shackle keeping me human.” “So...” “Are you ready to welcome hell?” 9Reads6.0Score—Shelves
17. 17 规 Rule-Based Horror Stories: Starting with Halloween 规则类怪谈，从万圣节开始 Love of the Void空之恋Mystery651k WordsCompleted (Also known as: Rule-Based Horror, Starting with Halloween) My name is Bai Ze, and I’m an ordinary high school sophomore. Even though it was Halloween, I saw a Christmas tree in my residential compound. Only later did I learn that the tree didn’t exist. The fifteen rules in the residents’ chat group, the timid older girl next door, the strange white-haired little girl, the patrol team’s eerie regulations, my beautiful deskmate, the ghost in the thick fog... The residential compound, the school.. 764Reads8.8Score101Shelves
18. 18 诡 Eerie Tattoos 诡纹 Daoist of Jiangnan江南道长Mystery3.9M WordsCompleted My grandfather was a tattoo artist, but the things he tattooed were seriously sinister… 7.5kReads9.1Score783Shelves
19. 19 我 I Am a Female Physiognomist 我是女相师 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery893k WordsCompleted I was born in the twelfth lunar month of 1991, and came into the world with six fingers. The saying that people born in the Year of the Sheep have bad luck somehow became attached to me. Before I could even speak, my family sent me to live with my grandaunt, who ran a shop selling paper offerings and burial clothes. My grandaunt said I had a star spirit in my fate, and the Vermilion Bird would come to my aid. What did it matter if my destiny was cursed? As the saying goes: The Azure Dragon and W 13.2kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves

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    This was incredibly addictive. Seriously.

20. 20 我 I'm a Eunuch, What Do I Have to Fear? 我是太监我怕谁 Li Tianlang李天狼Historical1.5M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! He transmigrates to the era of Wu Zetian, with a golden dragon possessing his body and a System at his disposal. He dominates the world, invincible and unrivaled, standing alone above all, roaming the martial world and becoming the greatest under heaven. He reaches the pinnacle of life and possesses the world's April days. 1.3kReads7.4Score144Shelves

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    I recommend the invincible instant kill.

21. 21 嫂 Sister-in-Law, I'm Just a Fool 嫂子，我只是一个傻子 Li Tianlang李天狼Eastern Fantasy483k WordsCompleted The Continent of Dongzhou: Eastern Zhou, Western Liang, Southern Jin, and Northern Wei. The Eastern Zhou states, five kingdoms across ten generations. Prince Li Tianming transmigrates to the Continent of Dongzhou. Watch as he becomes the son of a fallen kingdom, rises again, makes a comeback, conquers the world, and unifies the continent. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 徒 Disciple, You're Invincible Now. Go Down the Mountain and Wreak Havoc with Your Junior Sister 徒儿，你无敌了下山祸害你师妹吧 Li Tianlang李天狼Urban367k WordsCompleted A young monk descends the mountain to become the greatest hero under heaven. He becomes the great hero in the hearts of countless beauties, standing center stage and dazzling beneath the spotlights. 195Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 247.3kReads9.6Score24.8kShelves
24. 24 玄 The Eccentric Daily Life of a Mystic Arts College Girl 玄门女大的奇葩日常 Three Little Chickens三只小鸡Mystery505k WordsCompleted [No CP + Occult + Comedy + Horror] At first: Bai Ling: I'm coming clean! I'm actually a Taoist master! Gu Xue: What's the school clinic's psychology department number again? Which department handles dissociative identity disorder? Wang Mumu: Save the daydreaming. Tell me what you think of this new shroud design. Later: The female ghost's rotting face twists in terror. “Are you a demonic cultivator?” Bai Ling grins, wearing a picture-perfect villain's smile. “You've found me out~ Guess I'l 53Reads7.9Score—Shelves

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