Maoshan Sorcery, Martial Arts, Superpowers, Thievery, and Hong Kong Movie Worlds 茅山术、武术、特异功能、盗术、港片的世界。

1. 1 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！ Salty Fish Only Know How to Be Salty咸鱼只会咸Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do 64.6kReads8.6Score5.7kShelves

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   The first book features a protagonist who is an evil cultivator. He returns to China and is immediately beaten up by the righteous sects in his family. He is then reborn into the world of Hong Kong variety shows, a world incorporating Southeast Asian and Taiwanese horror films. It's a system novel. The second book features a protagonist who becomes an apprentice of Master Nine, and he comes with a system. He initially lives in Master Nine's world, but later moves to the Hong Kong variety show world. The third book features Master Nine's junior brother, who struggles with righteous cultivation. When he first obtains an evil cultivation method, he activates his system, and for now, he lives in Master Nine's timeline.

2. 2 九 Uncle Nine: Simplifying Cultivation Starting at the Funeral Parlor 九叔：从义庄开始简化修仙 Half a Step Through the Years半步年华Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted [Uncle Jiu + charity hall + Taoist priest + growth + System + cultivation + cunning schemer] Lin Luo transmigrates to Uncle Jiu’s world and becomes his eldest disciple. After ten years of keeping a low profile, he finally awakens the Simplification System! Every skill and cultivation method can be simplified! The Shangqing Breathing Technique is simplified: breathe! The Shangqing Great Grotto Scripture is simplified: breathe deeply! The Shangqing Lightning Fist is simplified: generate static ele 37.9kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
3. 3 僵 Jiangshi: Maoshan's Junior Uncle, Maxing Out Evil Arts with One Click 僵尸：茅山小师叔，邪术一键满级 Bamboo by the Gate门前烟竹Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing Mu Chen was born into the world of Jiangshi, becoming Maoshan’s junior grand-uncle. After two and a half years of studying the Dao, he still hadn’t even begun! Before his master died, he asked his senior brother Yimei to teach Mu Chen in his place. Six more years of studying the Dao, and Mu Chen still hadn’t learned a thing! Then, by chance, Mu Chen came into contact with sorcery and awakened the [One-Click Max-Level Sorcery System]. Any sorcery could be instantly raised to the maximum level! An 2.9kReads8.3Score275Shelves
4. 4 神 A Supernatural World: From the Start, I Contract a Stunning Beauty 神诡世界，开局契约绝色美妇 Eraser Destroyer橡皮毁灭者Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines + power fantasy] [American horror + Hong Kong horror + zombies...] Qian Jin unexpectedly obtains the demonic treasure, the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, and arrives in a world of spirits and horrors. Here, yin and yang overlap, order has collapsed, and the people live in misery. It is a paradise for ghosts and monsters, and a hell for ordinary people… When he encounters vampires, werewolves, witches, demons, ogres… as well as the ugly doll Annabelle, Halloween icon Michael, th 8.8kReads7.0Score792Shelves

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   Maoshan Taoist, Ten Thousand Souls Banner

5. 5 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 30.9kReads8.1Score2.4kShelves

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   I highly recommend this book. The master is a purple-robed celestial master who goes down the mountain to join 749 and is in charge of supernatural cases in a city. The ghosts, monsters, zombies, etc. Are written in a very scary way. Moreover, the zombies are divided by bloodline and eyes: red, green, yellow, blue, white and black. There is also the protagonist's purple-gold color, as well as the Seven Killing Curse of Gods and Ghosts.

6. 6 热 The Hot-Blooded Hunter: God’s Assault 热血猎人神之袭击 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Historical1.3M WordsOngoing [Survival] [Hunting] [Fighting the Japanese invaders and looting their gear] [Cultivation] Wang Fei has just entered the world of cultivation when he's forced into becoming a live-in son-in-law. One blow shatters his dantian, setting him on a long road from staying alive to rising to greatness. Though he has lost his cultivation, he takes countless disciples. This novel was not written by AI. Every word was painstakingly typed out by the author, who only hopes readers will enjoy the story in its 27.3kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves

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   [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][KISS][KISS][Heart][Heart]

7. 7 僵 Why Do Zombies Go Out of Their Way to Avoid Me? 僵尸见我绕道走，为啥 Mingze888888铭泽888888Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Lin Xiaojiu was granted reincarnation by the will of Heaven. In his previous life, he was Maoshan's greatest Celestial Master, who had reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao. Reborn in this life to cultivate anew, he's invincible from the start! Others go weak in the knees at the sight of ghosts. When he shows up, zombies turn and run, while evil spirits kneel and beg for mercy. “Zombie bros, don't run! I haven't exorcised you yet!” “Are there no evil spirits in this generation who can put up a 8kReads9.5Score798Shelves

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   Master Jiu, the reincarnation of the One-Eyebrow Taoist, showcases classic Maoshan Taoist techniques, various talismans and formations—it's hilarious and incredibly fun from start to finish! Why? Because this guy's been reincarnated from Northeast China! [Laughing emoji]

8. 8 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 694.2kReads9.6Score146.3kShelves

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   Essentially, these books cannot be considered online novels; they are supplementary teaching materials.

9. 9 修 The Cultivation Investiture of the Gods 修仙封神榜 Light of the Dao道之光Fantastical Romance602k WordsCompleted In the Age of Declining Dharma, immortals and demons wage a great war. The Way of Heaven is the way of humanity. The survival of the Dharma realm rests in the hands of every one of us. This book is tagged as fantasy romance. The love in this story is the Way of Heaven's care for all living beings, and the righteous love that inspires them to work together to uphold its order. Cultivating immortality means cultivating humanity. The righteous path in this world is a rough one. 14.2kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
10. 10 惊 Snowfall: A Record of Strange Tales from China 惊雪：中华异事录 Gu Family Lane顾家巷Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing This isn't a traditional ghost-hunting horror novel. It blends Taoist arts, high martial arts, mysteries, and more. I'm writing it for myself, OvO [Ghost Hunting, Taoist Arts, Mysteries, Martial Arts, Ensemble Cast] * The eldest disciple of the head of the Shangqing sect of the Zhengyi school, exceptional in martial arts and profound in Taoist arts... * A master of the Swallow Sect, known in the martial world as Li San the Swallow... * A Nationalist spy, clever and calculating, cold as ice... Du 244Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book. It combines Taoist magic, martial arts, the War of Resistance against Japan, tomb raiding, and multiple timelines, including some Hong Kong scenes. It's a rare high-quality read, the author's writing is excellent, and there's not a single dull moment. If you don't like it, feel free to criticize me!

11. 11 京 Feng Shui Records of Beijing and Hong Kong 京港风水实录 Idle Man of Guanzhong关中闲汉Mystery585k WordsCompleted Do you think you’ve found a bargain and bought a cheap home, or have you purchased a haunted house that will cost you your life? A foreclosed property in Beijing’s Second Ring Road discounted by a million, a detached villa in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels with no down payment: every home that seems too good to be true is, in fact, a cursed place stained with human lives. I’m Han Yang, a feng shui master who specializes in haunted houses. With genuine expertise in feng shui and the flow of energy, I unt 977Reads—Score202Shelves
12. 12 人 Invincible in This World: Rising from Prison 人间无敌：从监狱开始崛起 Blue Smoke Between the Fingers指间青烟Urban1.5M WordsOngoing This story takes place in a technological age when humanity can travel to the moon and gaze out at Mars. What happens when a man who walks in darkness pushes his body and mind to their absolute limits, and clashes with the forces that already govern this world? Will he become a god? Or the enemy of the entire world? No one knows. But this story begins with the most notorious gangster in the district, sentenced to seven years in prison. 63.9kReads8.8Score4.6kShelves

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    The first two are martial arts books, and the last one is a wuxia (martial arts fantasy) book.

13. 13 国 Chinese Martial Arts: Kicking Down America, Starting in Chinatown 国术：从唐人街开始踢爆美利坚 The River Breeze Blows Gently江风徐来Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In the 1890s, with foreign powers closing in, Chinese people kept their heads down, daring only to scrape by in the narrow margins of Chinatowns? Armed with the true teachings of Bajiquan and memories of the modern world, Xu Yaozong steps into San Francisco’s underground fight ring. One punch shatters the iron curtain of humiliation, and he fights his way through a foreign land! Shoulder strikes, cannon punches, the Yama Three-Point Hand! Every blow is the roar of Chinese martial arts! Fists sha 1kReads6.9Score101Shelves
14. 14 人 In The Return of the Condor Heroes, I Steal Three Seconds from Heaven Every Day! 人在神雕，每日盗天三秒！ Worn-Out Old Dog颓废老狗Male-Channel Fanfiction359k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes, Lu Shaoyuan awakens the Hourglass of Time. He can stop time for three seconds each day. The time can be saved up, but every second is as precious as his life. From the start, he stumbles upon Li Mochou slaughtering the entire Lu and He families, driven by a personal grudge, staining the courtyard with blood and her horsetail whisk red. “My surname is Lu, too.” He whispers and draws his sword. Time stops... In those three secon 3.5kReads6.8Score228Shelves
15. 15 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.8kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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    Feng Shui, covering all

16. 16 九 Uncle Nine: Sprinkling Beans to Make Soldiers? These Are My Plant-Based Dao Soldiers 九叔：撒豆成兵？我这是草木道兵 The Clear Wind Makes People Drunk清风拂人醉Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Uncle Jiu + zombies + botanical Daoist soldiers + farming and cultivation] Lin Xuan transmigrated to the Republic of China era and became Uncle Jiu’s disciple. It was the Age of Declining Dharma. Spiritual energy had withered, while demons and evil spirits ran rampant. Just as everyone else was struggling to master Daoist arts, Lin Xuan awakened the [All-Spirits Dao-Seeding System]. All he had to do was cultivate plants to grant them Daoist traits. A single soybean could become the Heavenly Sol 152.4kReads8.7Score20.9kShelves
17. 17 九 Uncle Nine: The System Is So Competitive, I Get a Skill Point Every Second 九叔：系统太卷，一秒一个技能点 Brother Ji's Redemption鸡哥的自我救赎Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Lin Fan transmigrates to a funeral home, where Uncle Jiu takes him in as his eldest disciple. He awakens a System that gives him one skill point every second. The merit he earns from slaying demons and vanquishing evil can even be used to create his own Taoist arts! There are so many skill points, he could never use them all! Maoshan Shangqing Arts? Not enough! Gezao Mountain Lingbao Arts? Still not enough! Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Dao? Nowhere near enough! I only do three things w 22.6kReads7.2Score2.6kShelves
18. 18 离 Divorced in Thailand, I Open a B&B That Women from Around the World Flock To 离婚泰国开民宿，全球洋妞都来住 No Killing in July七月不杀生Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Not a commercial novel + Not a business novel + Foreign beauties from around the world + Mindless wish fulfillment + Lighthearted + Political maneuvering later on] Chen Ze’s company goes bankrupt, leaving him with debts, and his wife asks for a divorce. With the favoritism of a kind older sister, Chen Ze ends up shouldering all the debt. Rather than get stuck paying it all like a sucker, Chen Ze chooses to leave for Thailand. When he arrives in Pattaya, a paradise for men, a System suddenly bin 61.1kReads8.4Score7.8kShelves
19. 19 我 I Was Just Enjoying the Gossip, Then I Picked Up a Transmigrator's System 我就吃个瓜，捡走穿越者系统 Half a Step Through the Years半步年华Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Dual Transmigration]+ [Comeback of an old-timer]+ [The sly Sixth]+ [Picking up a transmigrator’s System]+ [Milking the System for all it’s worth before the dumb System catches on] Lin Luo witnessed an old man who’d transmigrated from ancient times being taken away as a lunatic outside the school gates. To his surprise, the transmigrator’s System accidentally mistook him for its Host and bound itself to him. Host: Lin Luo. You are middle-aged and your body is worn out. Heaven has granted you the 48kReads8.9Score4kShelves
20. 20 九 The Ninth Uncle's Senior Disciple 九叔门下记名大师兄 Loner Gazing at the Mountain望山闲人Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted A warning: This is not a power fantasy! It’s a little bleak and rather dark! It’s unconventional! Truly, this is not a power fantasy! With a green Guan saber held upside down, a black ink line reel at his waist, yellow talisman paper tucked in his clothes, and a peachwood sword strapped to his back! A young man from Majia Town follows Uncle Jiu Slaying demons and monsters above, Wiping out ghosts and fiends below, Keeping half a heart clear and bright, Seeing through the world’s ghostly tricks. 831Reads6.7Score103Shelves

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    The protagonist transmigrates into the body of Zhang Dadan's posthumous son in "Ghost Fighting Ghosts". He leaves Majia Town and becomes Uncle Jiu's apprentice, becoming the eldest brother. He accompanies Uncle Jiu on his journey to slay demons and monsters, maintain his inner peace, and see through the tricks of the world.

21. 21 绑 Qiusheng, Bound to a Martial Arts System 绑定武道系统的秋生 Pitch-Black Meat Bun黑不溜秋的肉包子Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Drive out demons with martial might, banish ghosts with the Dao, master both martial arts and the Dao, and become the Martial Sage of the mortal world. One blade to destroy the Eastern Seas, one sword to slay gods and demons, one halberd to shatter Heaven's will. Shatter the void with martial might and stride across the myriad realms, suppress the heavens and rise above the nine skies. Defy Heaven and slay the Dao to become the exalted one, live free and proud, and attain eternal transcendence. 4.4kReads7.6Score279Shelves

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    I highly recommend these two books.

22. 22 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 12.2kReads7.3Score852Shelves

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    Film actors back then risked their lives; artists of that era poured their hearts into every expression and movement. They weren't just good-looking; their acting skills were top-notch.

23. 23 人 I'm in Malaysia, and I'm Going to Slay Ghosts and Demons 人在大马，我要斩鬼除魔 Tiger Who Eats Apples吃苹果的老虎Mystery422k WordsOngoing Moonlight flows like water, while daylight cuts like a blade. On the path to immortality, I slay the heavens' chosen ones. Clad in black, I grip the Tiger Soul blade, scale the heights of Cangwu, and stride across emerald waves. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the gates of the underworld open. When migrant workers venture abroad, they discover how dangerous the outside world can be. They encounter ghosts at ten thousand meters in the air, while the hot lands of Southeast Asia conceal 514Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Looks good!

24. 24 茅 Heir to the Maoshan Heavenly Way 茅山天道传人 A Shallow, Sincere Parting浅挚半离兮Mystery275k WordsOngoing Born under the Child Fiend, shadowed by the Solitary Fiend, I was never meant to survive. My name is Lu Zhongsheng. I opened my yin-yang eyes as a child, able to see ghosts and spirits and discern the evils lurking among the living. To defy fate, I joined the Way of Heaven Sect and dedicated myself to the orthodox Maoshan arts. I awakened the Exorcism System. If I could exorcise a thousand souls, I would break free of the Child Fiend and change my fate. I guide wandering souls, suppress wild gh 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A descendant of the Maoshan Heavenly Dao, whose system crashed, awakens the destiny of a five-generation extraordinary being to slay demons, exterminate ghosts, and kill zombies.

25. 25 贫 I Am Daoist Lin Jiu. I Invite You All to Your Deaths 贫道林九请诸位赴死 Pitch-Black Meat Bun黑不溜秋的肉包子Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [System] [the Myriad Worlds] [Daoist Arts] [Uncle Nine] The red string and glutinous rice remain to this day, but the Daoist Lin of old is no more. Uncle Nine of the Myriad Worlds introduced countless transmigrators to the world, yet they always treated him as a stepping stone. Few remembered his kindness or helped him rise to greatness. When the "Supreme Dao Ancestor System" descends upon Uncle Nine, what sparks will fly between an unreliable System and an upright, slightly cunning Uncle Nine? 11.2kReads7.3Score1.1kShelves
26. 26 乌 A Tujia Daoist by the Wu River 乌江边的土家道士 Old Ghost of the Tujia土家老鬼Eastern Fantasy963k WordsCompleted A graduate of a top university, unable to pass the civil service exam after years of trying and considering his family circumstances, accepts his family’s legacy and becomes a home-based Taoist priest. This Tao is not that Tao: it’s nothing like the Taoist priests we normally imagine. There are no strict rules and taboos, nor any grand mission to save all humanity. Yet this Tao is also that Tao: he wears the same robes, communicates with the realms of yin and yang, and does what he can to help. 873Reads6.5Score100Shelves

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    A branch of Taoism, passed down through generations, a traditional culture of ethnic minorities in Guizhou, and a thousand-year-old legend along the Wujiang River!

27. 27 尸 Corpse Veins 尸脉 What Should I Have for a Late-Night Snack?夜宵吃啥啊Mystery246k WordsOngoing [No exaggeration, no System, a heartwarming story with a bit of a slow start.] Just a series of exciting adventures and a touching father-daughter bond. I live by one saying: “As a Maoshan disciple, if you see someone die and do nothing, Heaven will strike you down.” 77Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A supernatural kung fu theme.

28. 28 穿 I Transmigrated into a Horror Movie and Got a Guaranteed-Death Script from the Start 穿越恐怖片，开局拿到必死剧本 Fallen Blossom Dynasty落花王朝Mystery809k WordsOngoing Starting with The Mountain Taboo: The Yellow-Robed Little Flying Hero, Zhang Peng transmigrates into the world of horror movies. His first move is to sacrifice a tiger. The good news: he violently breaks the time loop. The bad news: he is cursed by the Mountain Lord and has only seven days to live. He enters the world of The Tag-Along while bearing the curse, only to discover that being cursed by the Mountain Lord isn't so bad after all. The little demons don't dare touch him. A sacrifice of the 405Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    "The Yellow-Clad Little Flying Hero of the Mountain," he sacrificed a tiger to scare away the mountain spirits, breaking the cycle, but also incurring the curse of the Mountain Lord. "The Little Girl in Red," he recruited a large number of hat-wearing individuals as a murderer and controlled zombies to attack the Demon God. "The Curse," he unleashed the Demon God; the Ghost Mother versus the Buddha Mother, a battle that darkened the heavens and extinguished the sun and moon. "The Zongzi," he released the ghosts hanged by ropes, allowing them to seek revenge on their ghost master. "The Haunted House Shop," he entered the underworld, using a dark Buddhist curse to attract the attention of the Golden Boy and Jade Girl, seizing their soul-snatching rope. "Here Comes," he subdued the Soul Demon, wiping out the Yin-Yang Bureau of Xiao Ri Zi. "Deadly Wish," he helped Shi Ya awaken and take over the Hidden Dragon Palace. The Bell awakens the Eye of Judgment, together they defeat the mastermind behind the scenes. The latest Korean drama "The Haunted Palace" has officially begun! "The Calamity"? *Mud Doll*, *The Bridge Curse*, *Iso-shin*, *The Contract Bride*, *A Chinese Ghost Story*, *Stranger Things*, *Resident Evil*, *Ghost Blows Out the Light*, *Mojin: The Lost Legend*, *Zombie School*, *Tomb Raider*... A large selection to satisfy your appetite...

29. 29 港 Hong Kong Movies: From the Start, I Borrow Five Million from Ba Bi 港片，开局找巴闭借五百万 I Never Believe我从来不信Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy] [Multiple heroines] [If anyone picks a fight, hit back] [Hot-blooded] Gu Fei transmigrated into a Hong Kong crime-film universe and became a low-level underling of “Firefighting Role Model” Keung. When trouble came, the boss stepped in. When there was a pretty girl, he went after her himself. With the help of a sign-in System and the five million he swindled from Ba Bi, he rode the tide of the times and rose to power. From “Handsome Fei,” a nobody in the underworld, to 64.4kReads8.2Score4.3kShelves
30. 30 僧 Monks Don't Give Their Names, Daoists Don't Speak of Their Lifespans, but I Can Exorcise Ghosts 僧不言名道不言寿但我会驱鬼 Practice What You Preach坐言起行Rural Life1.4M WordsCompleted He was nearly buried alive at birth. The venerable Taoist Zhang Jiuye defied fate and changed his destiny, but in doing so planted a curse: he was fated to face three tribulations. At sixteen, he was summoned to call back a soul, then fought the Five Plague Gods by night, only to have his spirit dragged into a temple in the underworld! At nineteen, his life-and-death trial arrived, and beneath the Laojun Temple, a mysterious stone slab sealed away for a thousand years was unearthed... Other peop 1.5kReads8.6Score140Shelves

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    Folk Taoist arts, full of the feel of that era!

31. 31 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 16.1kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves

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    Yes, yes, yes

32. 32 九 Uncle Nine: Is This Kid a Yin Messenger? 九叔：这小子是阴差？ Feels Like I'm About to Bite the Dust感觉要凉Mystery576k WordsOngoing (Uncle Jiu’s world + underworld bailiff + no female lead + System!) When King Yama says you’ll die at the third watch, who dares keep you until the fifth? Lin Yi transmigrates into Uncle Jiu’s world and unexpectedly becomes Uncle Jiu’s senior disciple. He binds himself to the strongest Underworld System from the start. All he has to do is earn yin virtue to get promoted and receive a raise! [Ding!] [Congratulations, Host, on successfully capturing a soul. Reward: 300 yin virtue!] [Ding! Congratu 2kReads7.1Score103Shelves
33. 33 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 2.2kReads8.3Score265Shelves

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    I recommend a thrilling campus-themed novel, a feng shui and supernatural story called "The Strongest Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site." It combines elements of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, feng shui battles, historical time travel, reincarnation, fantasy, science fiction, feng shui and supernatural phenomena, Lu Ban's techniques, Mohist mechanical arts, Gu poison, and corpse-driving. Written from the perspective of architecture students and building engineers, it explores feng shui and supernatural events. It's currently being serialized on Tomato Novels website.

34. 34 四 Si Mu Taught Me to Summon Gods, So Who Did You Summon, Apprentice? 四目教我请神，徒儿你请的谁？ Grand Qin Guard Commandant大秦护军都尉Mystery798k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into Uncle Nine’s world, Qin Mobai only wanted to find a powerful backer and cultivate his way to immortality. Who knew his master would be so unconventional? He was known as “the number one in sending spirits off with brute force.” His senior brother was simplehearted, his master loved money, and everyday life was a constant uproar. Drawing talismans and chanting spells were supposed to be side gigs, but then his master clapped him on the shoulder with a massive bronze swor 535Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 九 Uncle Nine: After Three Hundred Years in Seclusion, I Became Maoshan’s Ancestor 九叔：闭关三百年，我成茅山老祖 Liu Tan柳檀Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Zhang Daoxuan transmigrates to a zombie-infested world and is brought into Maoshan by his senior sister. He spends three hundred years keeping a low profile. When he finally emerges, Maoshan has changed beyond recognition. Shi Jian died at Lin Fengjiao’s funeral home, and the sect leader led eight thousand disciples to subdue Xuankui, but not one of them survived. The corpse-driving clans of western Hunan seize the opportunity to attack Maoshan, leaving the sect on the brink of destruction. He i 8.9kReads6.9Score670Shelves
36. 36 弃 Abandoned at Birth: Shi Jian Teaches Me to Slay Demons! 弃婴开局：石坚教我斩妖除魔！ Pen in Hand, Asking the Autumn Wind执笔问秋风Mystery559k WordsCompleted When Shi Sheng wakes up again, he discovers that he has transmigrated to a world of zombies and is now an abandoned baby left in a mass grave! Just as Shi Sheng thinks he is about to be devoured by a vengeful ghost, Shi Jian, the senior disciple of Maoshan, suddenly appears. He takes Shi Sheng back to Maoshan and makes him his first disciple! In the year he turns eighteen, Shi Sheng suddenly binds himself to the “Make the Fake Real” entry system! Can't master thunder techniques? Then just bl 895Reads5.5Score108Shelves
37. 37 一 The Outcast: Ten Shadows Technique, Try Binding One and See! 一人：十影术式，你拘一个试试？ Ranran Who Loves Braised Pork爱吃红烧肉的冉冉Anime Fanfiction150k WordsOngoing [The Outcast] + [Ten Shadows Technique] + [Jujutsu] + [decisive and ruthless] + [a satisfying power fantasy] Hu Tiantian transmigrates to the world of The Outcast and becomes a member of the Hu family, one of the spirit-medium clans. After binding to the Spirit Invocation System, he randomly draws a Jujutsu Kaisen template and obtains the Ten Shadows Technique from the start. Everyone else invokes the spirits of their own family. But when Hu Tiantian summons Mahoraga, Guan Shihua, Deng Youfu, an 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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38. 38 灵 The Spirit Cat Detective Squad 灵猫侦探团 Peach Smiles, Asking the Spring Breeze桃笑问春风Urban220k WordsOngoing The moment transfer student Mo Xiaoci says, “There's cat hair on the victim's cuff,” at a crime scene, Ji Chen's police radio suddenly crackles with static. A detective team made up of three high school students and a psychic cat is forced into a fateful showdown that has been unfolding for three hundred years. While investigating a locked-room death at their school, they discover that every clue points to the legendary “Cat Puppet Pact.” The bronze cat bell left behind by the killer is resonati 1Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: My System's Fantasies Come True 灵气复苏：我的系统幻想成真 Peach Smiles, Asking the Spring Breeze桃笑问春风Urban144k WordsOngoing Transmigration is not the end, but the beginning of awakening. The System is no deity, but a key to rewriting reality. Ten thousand emotion points are only the beginning. The real storm will break beneath the fireworks of the festival. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 让 You Were Told to Summon a God, So Why Did You Summon the Founding Patriarch? 让你请神，你把祖师爷请出来了？ Watermelon and Coconut西瓜生椰Urban335k WordsCompleted [This work is entirely fictional and set in a parallel world. It has no connection to real life!] The man standing before you is the Great Virtuous Teacher, the General of Heaven, a native of Julu in Jizhou during the Eastern Han Dynasty, leader of the Yellow Turban Army peasant uprising at the end of the Eastern Han, founder of the Way of Great Peace, and the man who brought the Eastern Han to an end. Heaven is dead; the Yellow Heaven shall rise. In the Year of Jiazi, there shall be great fortu 1.1kReads5.4Score160Shelves
41. 41 港 Hong Kong and Taiwanese Fictional Worlds: First, Cultivating Dark Arts in Uncle Jiu's World 港综诸天：先在九叔世界修炼邪法 I'm Great at Making Instant Noodles我煮泡面有一手Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted The Myriad Worlds, Hong Kong cinema, Uncle Jiu, a body full of defiant bones, cultivating demonic arts, women without commitment. Just have fun. “My name is Wu Zhenxie. I'm thirty-three and live in a rented apartment in Modu. I'm unmarried and work at an internet company, where I clock out at ten every night.” “I don't smoke, and I only drink a little. I go to bed before eleven every night and make sure I get seven hours of sleep.” “Before bed, I drink a glass of warm milk, then do twenty minute 11.7kReads8.2Score703Shelves

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    In his previous life, the protagonist worked hard to save money for retirement. Unexpectedly, he was bound to a system and transmigrated to the world of Hong Kong variety shows, where he awakened a talent: he could avoid the side effects of cultivating unorthodox methods. So he began to cultivate evil techniques and grow rapidly, occasionally transmigrating to other worlds to use resources to become an evil god.

42. 42 九 Invincible Thunder Magic in Uncle Jiu’s World 九叔世界之雷法无敌 Fish Swallowing Porridge吞粥之鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction5.8M WordsOngoing (Uncle Jiu + thunder techniques + zombies + female ghosts + a grand fusion with the supernatural side of Hong Kong cinema + don't ask whether the protagonist likes women, he likes lots of women. The blurb isn't doing it justice, so read the story.) My name is Lin Hai. I transmigrated into a supernatural world during a rare alignment of five planets, and Uncle Jiu found me in a star-filled mass grave. That was the beginning of my life wielding thunder techniques to sweep away demons and monsters. 43.4kReads8.5Score3.1kShelves

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    [Thumbs up][Bookmark] The first book doesn't follow the typical "trash-to-hero" trope; the protagonist takes off immediately, mastering magic, weapons, and physical techniques. His Taoist and thunder magic are outstanding. He experiences events like Renjia Town and the zombie uncle in this world, tempering his heart in the mortal realm. [Bookmark][Thumbs up][Thinking] The second book is more intense, a slow burn, a growth story. The protagonist, an ordinary person, is afflicted with the Buddha Mother's curse, the Spirit Official Seal, the Fish Intestine Sword, etc. He fights with all his might to defeat the Buddha Mother before returning to the Void Heaven Palace and traveling to other worlds. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up] The third book features a protagonist with superpowers. His phone self-destructs, granting him the ability to control networks and electronic devices, arbitrarily modifying balances, controlling other people's phones, and later even creating intelligent mechanical life.

43. 43 诸 Cinematic Worlds: But They’re All Horror Movies 诸天影综：但恐恐恐恐怖片 Moonlit Night on Green Mountain青山夜月Mystery471k WordsOngoing My name is Zhou You. After tumbling down a snowy mountain, I thought I was doomed, but I unexpectedly gained the ability to travel through horror movie worlds. I risked my life against the Great Black Buddha Mother in The Curse, and matched wits with the mastermind in Final Destination. In The First Commandment, I brought a glimmer of hope to a world plunged into despair. In Office Haunting, I snatched a banner that gathers souls for an evil dragon. Through the endless cycle of horror worlds, ju 18Reads6.6Score—Shelves
44. 44 超 Superpower Evolution: I Can Control Every Phone in the World 超能进化，我能操控全球手机 Flying Duck Egg飞翔的鸭蛋Urban257k WordsCompleted [The world's only supernatural ability + unhinged + mastermind behind the scenes] After his phone exploded, Lin Dong had fragments of it embedded in his brain and unexpectedly gained the ability to hack into other people's phones. From then on, a God who knew everything and could do anything appeared in the world of the internet! 2.1kReads8.5Score162Shelves
45. 45 九 Uncle Nine: Oh No, My System Is Acting Up Again 九叔：糟糕，我的系统又不服了 Zhao Li Is a Real Scoundrel赵吏是个老六Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted The successive Grandmasters of Maoshan once said: When roaming the world, what matters most is the strength of your foundations. If you can avoid trouble, do so. The world is in turmoil, and one less problem is better than one more. If you can’t avoid it, make a friend. If you can’t make a friend, negotiate face to face. If negotiations fail, then fight. When following these three rules, always keep three principles in mind. First, never hold back. Call upon the gods, the saints, and the Grandma 23.3kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves

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    The invincible style, just listen to it, one listen and you'll be speechless.

46. 46 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—Score101Shelves

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    Evil spirits roam the modern city, and all sorts of malevolent entities exploit people's hearts to commit evil. A master and two apprentices use orthodox Taoist techniques to navigate the realms of Yin and Yang, guiding wronged souls, vanquishing malevolent forces, and breaking up ghost marriages. The entire story is ruthless and decisive, without any overly sentimental or meek elements. It's packed with a strong sense of Chinese horror, packed with exciting moments, and increasingly addictive as you watch.

47. 47 人 In a Chaotic Age, I Can Imprint Animal Talents 人在乱世，能烙印动物天赋 Beidou Lin Di北斗林弟Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing [Slow-paced] [Plot-driven] [Multiple heroines] (From the start, a charming married woman welcomes him, and the bed frame collapses under their passionate encounter.) Demons run rampant, and human lives are worth no more than grass. Zhang Ping transmigrates into this world and becomes the top attraction at the Happy Pavilion, thanks to the patterns on his donkey. Armed with a beast-pattern panel, he can steal demonic talents and gain their powers. [Donkey Pattern: Greatly increases size, making y 26.2kReads6.9Score3kShelves
48. 48 阴 The Yinshan School: From Ghost-Hunting Jobs to Founding a Daoist Sect 阴山法脉：从接单捉鬼到称宗道祖 Become a God Through the Left Path左道成神Urban264k WordsCompleted (Thriller) + (Supernatural) + (Mystery) + (Horror) + (Ghost Hunting) + (Exorcism) + (Feng Shui) + (Showing Off in Public) The sole heir of the Yinshan Sect's 37th generation! He inherits a dilapidated Taoist temple. Armed with half a ghost seal and three pages of a fragmentary manual, his cultivation is mediocre at best, yet he relies on the Yinshan Sect's secret arts to hunt ghosts and exorcise evil! Is orthodox Taoism hostile to him? Are Southeast Asian sorcerers causing trouble? Do vengeful s 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Even if it's just for one day, I want to live with this face.

49. 49 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I Started Cultivating from the Start, and Every Female Ghost Wants to Marry Me 港综：开局修仙，女鬼都想嫁给我 Become a God Through the Left Path左道成神Mystery286k WordsCompleted Sadako crawls out of The Ring and hands him a love letter. “Sir, I would be honored to cook for you.” A red-clad female ghost from a funeral home clings to him, her eyes sparkling. “Master, why not take me on as your little sidekick?” Even the wrongfully killed heiress of a wealthy family and a fox spirit who has cultivated for a thousand years come knocking, all hoping to marry him! Faced with a parade of stunning female ghosts desperately pursuing him, Lin Chen rubs his forehead helplessly. “ 185Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 武 Mad for the Martial Way: Eat People to Get Stronger, That’s Too Xuanhuan 武道疯魔：吃人就变强，太玄幻了 Become a God Through the Left Path左道成神Eastern Fantasy238k WordsCompleted (Fantasy) + (Martial Arts Training) + (Wild Imagination) + (Cthulhu) + (Cannibalism) + (Martial Dao) + (Decisive and Ruthless) Martial arts are inferior to cultivation? Body tempering and opening meridians are impossibly difficult? Thanks for asking. I just finished eating an Old God. Now bring me a cultivator for dessert. A secret realm is crawling with tentacled horrors? Take one bite in a desperate moment and refine it directly into the source of martial power! Devour the bizarre and level up 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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