Everyone, Are There Any Novels About Folk Taoist Priests Without a System? The Protagonist Can Be Male or Female 家人们有没有民间道士文不要系统（主角男女都行）

1. 51 最 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Dancing Lone Spirit舞独魂灵Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.8kReads9.1Score97814d adds
2. 52 千 The Thousand-Year-Old Snake Wife 千年蛇妻 Junior Brother of the Daoist Sect道门小师兄Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing [First-person POV + One Female Lead + Maoshan Disciple + Cultivation Prodigy + No System + No Immortality Cultivation] [A passionate romance between a human and a demon] [A mission passed down across thousands of years] [Wild ideas spanning ancient and modern times] In the rural Northeast, all sorts of eerie stories are always being told. But with my unusual constitution, I refuse to believe in the supernatural, so I insist on going to play in the haunted hills behind the village. There, I run i 15.5kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
3. 53 剪 Paper Cutting to Prolong Life 剪纸续命 Lingti Ye灵缇野Mystery229k WordsCompleted Three days after his master's death, Chen Zhi's name was pressed into a paper-cut figure. Someone cut paper outside his door late at night. A paper figure bearing his name appeared at the doorstep, and from then on, the blue-black mark on his hand began to seep inward along his veins. Paper can ward off evil and bind souls. And the darkest art of the Paper-Cutting Sect is called Name Binding. To stay alive, Chen Zhi can only follow the torn pages his master left behind, the black sand beneath t 12Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Some neighbors reported being possessed by eerie entities while walking alone at night. They experienced chilling, dark shadows emanating from behind their ears, felt uncontrollably cold, and even vomited black liquid. The aura emanating from these entities was identical to that of the paper figures that had appeared at their doorsteps. This suggests that the possessing entities hadn't left but had instead targeted innocent neighbors.

4. 54 道 In Taoist Robes: I Counsel Students, Then Spirits 道袍加身：劝完学生劝鬼神 An Zai Xiaozi安仔小子Mystery155k WordsCompleted An art teacher unexpectedly becomes a Taoist exorcist. The colors in the classroom give way to the cinnabar of talismans, and one supernatural incident after another, once dismissed as impossible, begins to unfold. All the ghost stories he had heard were never mere fabrications. Beyond the mist where yin and yang meet lies a truth far more terrifying than anything on canvas. —Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 55 道 The Dao Master's Manual 道驭录 Rabbit Cat Shop兔猫肆Mystery331k WordsOngoing Veteran Lu Fei and his junior fellow disciple Liu Bowen, nicknamed Fatty, use Aoshan Taoist arts to exorcise ghosts and ward off evil, taking on a series of supernatural incidents brought about by changing times. If it's not good, come hit me! 40Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The style of the descendants of Maoshan is absolutely not watered down.

6. 56 平 Legend of the Demon-Slaying War 平魔传 Dugu Zilong独孤紫龙Urban1.6M WordsOngoing This is a work I wrote many years ago, now revised and presented to you! Its original title was The Demon-Slaying War. If you've read it before, feel free to keep reading! No System, no evolution, no being reborn. It's been restored to the fantasy world of old! 300Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A good story about Taoist priests exorcising evil spirits, capturing demons, and killing zombies; no system required.

7. 57 直 Livestream: Teaching Kids to Write Essays and Be Good People 直播：教孩子写作文，学做人 Ouyang Miguo欧阳米果235k WordsCompleted Writing compositions is easy! This book shows parents how to guide their children in writing and in learning how to be good people. Drawing on traditional Chinese thought, it explores methods and techniques for parent-child education. 59Reads—Score10114d adds
8. 58 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. 672.6kReads9.6Score138.4k14d adds

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   Highly recommended!

9. 59 修 Cultivation: Starting as a Slave 修真：从奴隶开始 Awake in a Haze梦醒迷离Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted [Longevity + master of staying under the radar] Chen Xin obtains a cultivation modification tool. All he wants is to become an invincible cultivator devoted to pursuing immortality, but a mistaken choice of starter pack leaves him stuck with ten lifetimes of slave origins. A hundred years of effort across ten lifetimes as a slave is not even one ten-thousandth of what those gifted prodigies possess from birth, but Chen Xin will never give up on the path to immortality. “Being born poor is no dis 17.9kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
10. 60 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Voyage of the Dread Sea is now available on major platforms. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu Mythos] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a global seafaring survival game. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves and is almost impossible to spot. Like the Ironhead, with its massive ram and a charge that n 271.4kReads9.4Score27.8k14d adds
11. 61 我 My Wife Is the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Number One Female Demon 我老婆是东晋第一女魔头 Handsome Young Man俊俏少年Historical2.6M WordsOngoing The kings of the Sima clan turned their blades on one another. The northern barbarians ate their fill of human flesh. The aristocratic families fled south in terror. The starving commoners boiled their children in pots. Heroes fought for their lives on the battlefield, while nobles got high in their palaces. Sons killed fathers, younger brothers killed older brothers, daughters became slaves, and men became concubines... This absurd age was one long debauch. Tang Yu: “I just want to protect myse 121.2kReads9.3Score11.5k14d adds
12. 62 西EN Western Fantasy: Your Majesty the Empress, I Am a Loyal Servant of the Empire 西幻：女皇陛下，朕是帝国忠臣啊 Writing Nonsense Like Crazy嘎嘎乱写Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsOngoing [Farming]+ [Slow Burn]+ [Western Fantasy]+ [Multiple Races]+ [No System]+ [Conquest] After transmigrating to the Middle Ages, he became a nobleman named Field. He learned that women in this world could awaken as “Chosen Ones,” each with unique abilities and extraordinary beauty. Field hadn't even had time to celebrate before his useless father and beautiful stepmother sent him off to develop a blighted land full of poverty and monsters! Worse still, the entire empire, no, the entire world, was r 309.9kReads9.4Score19.2k14d adds
13. 63 我 I’m Just Slacking Off, Who Accused Me of Usurping the Throne? 我一摸鱼的，谁污蔑我摄政？ Who Knows Where知向谁边Historical1.6M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy] + [alternate history] + [one heroine] + [nearly invincible] My name is Ling Chen, and I'm in ancient times. To obtain citizenship in the Great Zhou dynasty, I was forced to volunteer for the Vanguard Battalion and go chop people up on the battlefield. By a twist of fate, I rescued an old geezer from the enemy. It was the best investment I ever made. I thought I had latched onto a powerful patron. But... Why am I the MVP when the results screen comes up? That's when I final 30.7kReads8.5Score2.3k14d adds
14. 64 地 Laugh at Any Dark Joke You Like, I'll Pay the Merit Penalty 地狱笑话随便笑，扣功德算我的 Xia Shiqi夏士奇Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Wei Lai, who loves telling dark jokes, is slapped straight into a wasteland apocalypse 300 years in the future. The Four Pillar Evil Gods from the Chaos Universe are constantly corrupting the entire world. All the technology and knowledge of the old era have been tainted, and only those who hold fast to their sacred faith can weather the storm. Do a good deed each day and earn Merit Points, unlocking an angel's blessing. Commit an evil deed and earn Depravity Points, receiving a demon's blessing 12.5kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
15. 65 我 I, the Skeleton Emperor! Pay Up! 我！骷髅大帝！打钱！ As Long as the Green Hills Remain苟得青山在Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A skeleton spearman who excels at surprise charges and blazing straight down the road. A Dark Warrior who takes life and death in stride and fights anyone who crosses him. A skeleton archer who can snipe your tonsils from four hundred kilometers away. Skeleton Emperor Qin Feng figures that his underlings might, possibly, perhaps be just a tiny bit dim-witted. Still, they’re pretty decent. Whether there’s trouble or not, they’ll charge in anyway, and if there isn’t any trouble, they’ll find some 19.3kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
16. 66 大 The Big Circle: Asia’s First Chinese Gang to Break Out 大圈：冲出亚洲的华人第一黑帮 Ghost King of Western Hunan湘西鬼王Urban241k WordsCompleted "The Great Circle: The First Chinese Gang to Break Out of Asia" recreates, from the most realistic perspective, a complete underground kingdom truly built by the Chinese. "The Great Circle: The First Chinese Gang to Break Out of Asia" tells the story of how, though China has no underworld in the true sense of the word, Chinese people are far from voiceless in the underground order of the world. On the contrary, they have always played an important role in international organized crime and are ev 3.6kReads9.2Score50714d adds
17. 67 宿 Dorm Survival: I Was Pulled into the Management Chat 宿舍求生，我被拉进了管理群 Rolling Eggs翻滚的蛋蛋Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + no saintly heroine + System + survival + satisfying read] When Chen Bei woke up, he found himself in a dormitory survival game, bound to a dorm room. During the day, players had to venture out to gather supplies, grow stronger, and fortify their dorms. When night fell, all kinds of eerie and dangerous creatures appeared. The only way to survive was to hide inside the dorm. People and their dorms lived or died together! Unlike the others, Chen Bei had gained access to the game's 107.3kReads8.9Score8.6k14d adds
18. 68 最 Even the Weakest Skeleton Wants to Study Magic 最弱骷髅也想努力学习魔法 Si Sisi四肆寺Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Evolution] + [Dungeon] + [Magic] + [Nonhuman Protagonist] + [One Female Lead] + [System] + [Leveling Up] After unexpectedly transmigrating to a magical world, he turns into a battered skeleton on his very first day. Level up, evolve, allocate attribute points. From a low-level skeleton that crumbles at the slightest touch, to a sturdy skeleton, then fusing with a bone dragon's horns to evolve into an elemental skeleton. Level up, fuse, evolve, grow, step by step. Until he becomes the strongest 27.2kReads9.0Score3.4k14d adds
19. 69 精 Pokemon: Stepping Into Darkness 精灵之迈入黑暗 A Chubby Mocha一只胖摩卡Anime Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted No System, no saintly protagonist, no female lead, and no invincibility from the very start. This is the story of a young man from the twentieth century who accidentally transmigrates to the world of Pokémon, only to suffer inhuman torment. Through a twist of fate, he joins Team Rocket and, alongside his Pokémon, step by step descends into darkness and climbs to the top, until he pulls those lofty, hypocritical bigwigs down from their pedestals. 6kReads8.7Score48614d adds
20. 70 末 Apocalypse: Professional Necromancer, I Am the Calamity 末世：职业亡灵法师，我为天灾 Super Charger超级充电器Sports484k WordsCompleted The apocalypse descends. The world turns into a game, and everyone can choose a class and level up to grow stronger. Lu Zhan returns to the very beginning of the apocalypse and unlocks the hidden class: Necromancer. When an army of a million monsters from beyond the realms descends upon Earth, Lu Zhan simply waves a hand. An undead army of hundreds of millions claws its way out of the ground. I hear you want to destroy this world? No female lead. No saintly do-gooder. 5.8kReads8.5Score54114d adds
21. 71 恐 Horror Phone Game 恐怖手机游戏 Sad Internet Cafe Attendant悲伤网管Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted When the God of Death decides to make the most entertaining mobile game in the world... 1.2kReads8.5Score10214d adds
22. 72 领 Lord: Make Them Obey 领主：让她们服从 Rivers Pour into the Sea, Tides Rise at the Headland江奔海聚潮头立Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + multiple female leads + lordship + farming + dark + satisfying story + little girls + noblewomen + multiple races + decisive and ruthless] People may be far more obedient to power than you could ever imagine! As a noble of the empire, Yinan uses all kinds of PUA tactics to keep the beauties wrapped around his finger. This demon is not only a lecherous glutton, but also holds life in utter contempt! To gain even greater power, Yinan decides to use his golden finger to keep find 725Reads8.4Score10114d adds
23. 73 监 Prison Memoirs 监狱回忆录 Er Mao the Book Hunter猎书的二毛Urban183k WordsCompleted This is a true account of what happened to me a few years ago. I was a junior college student who went to prison after getting into a fight. In the span of a single thought, I went from student to convict. This is the story of how I grew step by step in prison. Since I was expelled from school after being imprisoned, I never graduated from junior college. I only have a high school education, so please bear with me if my writing is rough. 7.3kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
24. 74 倪 Master Ni's I Ching Studies 倪师易学 Chaos Takes Shape混沌初成470k WordsCompleted Join Teacher Ni Haixia in studying the Tianji series every day. With this divine gift of the Way of Change, all the world's affairs can be made simple, bringing good fortune, avoiding misfortune, and turning danger into safety. The key to learning is perseverance. I hope everyone makes progress and gains something every day. 5.2kReads8.8Score91214d adds
25. 75 天 Master Ni's Heavenly Principles 天纪倪师 Ye Hua GX叶华GX100k WordsCompleted I'm studying Master Ni's book Tian Ji, and I'll post updates here as my understanding of it develops. I'll keep learning and updating, covering the harmony of Heaven, Earth, and humanity, along with imagery and numerology. I'll explain it in plain language, using recent cases and feedback to deepen understanding, speed up learning, and build experience. 810Reads8.0Score19714d adds
26. 76 出 The First Half of a Female Spirit Medium’s Life! 出马女弟子的前半生！ Brother Zhang弟马张Mystery325k WordsCompleted I’m an ordinary country girl from Northeast China. When I was 18, I learned that I was born with a connection to the immortals. I was often unwell in all sorts of ways, and I sought out many spirit mediums, hoping they could help me escape my predicament. I was cheated, but I also met kind people. This is the story of how I eventually found my way out. I decided to write this book to keep more people from being scammed. I can’t guarantee that everything I say is right, but I can guarantee that I 8.7kReads9.4Score67814d adds

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    I've unearthed a incredibly realistic folk-style cultivation novel, not a mindless wish-fulfillment story! The female protagonist comes from an ordinary background and is inexplicably entangled in fate, encountering all sorts of strange events in her youth. Along the way, she's deceived, suffers losses, undergoes tribulations, and grows through life, gaining a profound understanding of human nature. The writing style is incredibly down-to-earth, like listening to an elder recount their personal experiences—it's increasingly addictive.

27. 77 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score10714d adds

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    Addictive from the first glance, a must-read list for those staying up late

28. 78 华 The Huaxia Taoist Physician 华夏道医 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时Urban168k WordsCompleted Set in the Central Plains during the Republican era, this novel tells the legendary story of Chen Jing'an, heir to the Daoist medical tradition, as he heals the sick amid the turmoil, passes down Daoist medicine, and promotes China's traditional healing arts. Blending Daoist medical theory, traditional Chinese medicine's diagnostic methods, Daoist philosophy, and the upheavals of modern history, the novel uses a series of dramatic tales of healing to showcase the core principles of Daoist medici 6Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 79 瓜 The Little Fool’s Demon-Hunting Chronicles 瓜娃儿捉妖记 A Parasol on a Sunny Day天晴打把伞Mystery348k WordsCompleted [Mystery and Supernatural] + [Folk Customs] + [Legends] + [Strange Tales] This really is a mystery and supernatural novel about catching demons and ghosts. The author begs the officials who review the categories to show mercy and stop changing this book’s category at random. Could you please? During the Xianfeng era, Gua Wa’er is sent to learn magic from Taoist Li at the Wengong Shrine, having incurred a debt of gratitude for changing his father Niu Yuansheng’s fate. He joins the wondrous Yunmen 35Reads—Score—14d adds

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    My new book, a Taoist priest in the late Qing Dynasty, catching demons and zombies.

30. 80 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—14d adds

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    Forever old, forever with tears streaming down my face.

31. 81 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—14d adds
32. 82 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—14d adds
33. 83 重 Back to 2008: This World Is All Wrong 重回2008：这个世界不对劲 Brother Tao滔小哥Urban720k WordsCompleted The day he is laid off at thirty-five, Lin Ye is hit by a car and sent back to June 6, 2008, the night before the college entrance exams. He gains access to the “Future Sight” System, which can predict the next thirty years: the toughest exam questions, the four trillion yuan stimulus, Yanjiao housing prices. The future is in his hands. But he gradually realizes that this world isn't quite like the 2008 he remembers. On a rooftop in the dead of night stands a figure in a long robe. In the sunlig 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Book recommendation: *Back to 2008: Something's Wrong with This World*! Chapter 136, "The Man of the Well": Zhou Mingyuan said, "The year my father filled the well, I was in my mother's womb. My mother stayed by the well all night, and I was recorded in the well's account. The person who filled the well remembers it, but Zhongcheng doesn't. When he joins Zhongcheng, only the person who filled the well can register. The well-side matters are managed by the well-side." Chapter 137 has been updated; don't miss it if you're following the story!

34. 84 地 The Essence of Heaven and Earth 地天髓 Spinach Noodles Without Any Spinach菠菜面里却没菠菜Mystery100k WordsOngoing One man is eighty years old, another is four hundred. In my youth, I climbed the mountains until my shoes wore through. Why, then, do clouds rise from the peaks tonight? I see a rainbow in the sky, then return to the world after hundreds of years. In an instant, a vast red cloud sweeps across the heavens. “Supernatural Mystery + Urban Cultivation + Primordial Wilderness + Tomb Raiding + Ancient Masks + Comedy + Horror...” I was different from the moment I was born. Others have three flowers gath 55Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is amazing.

35. 85 市 Strange Tales from the Jianghu Streets 市井江湖异闻录 Loose Wild Grass散装野草Urban518k WordsOngoing Qin Bei was an ordinary young man from Northeast China, living a quiet, unremarkable life among the bustle of the city. Then a mysterious package arrived out of the blue, shattering his peaceful routine and dragging him into one bizarre incident after another. Beneath the glittering surface of modern life, undercurrents are stirring. The secretive martial sects passed down for millennia have never vanished, and mysterious powers unknown to the world lie hidden in the everyday rhythms of the cit 56Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 86 我 My Years Running a Spirit Hall in Liaoning 我在辽宁领堂口的那些年 Pavilion Master Yingyuan应元阁主Mystery316k WordsCompleted When I was three, a Huang spirit knocked my soul loose, and by chance I became sworn brothers with another Huang spirit. A Ghost King let something slip by accident, and following the clues, I learned that this Huang spirit was actually a golden-armored deity. It was only when the Living Buddha of Haitang Mountain appeared that I discovered I had two souls in one body. The arrival of my wife from a past life gradually awakened my sealed memories. Atop Mount Tai, the majestic and magnificent scen 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The shaman carries incantations.

37. 87 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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    The supporting characters are both cowardly and funny, which helps to alleviate the oppressive feeling brought by the supernatural.

38. 88 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
39. 89 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
40. 90 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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    No system, purely a Taoist priest from Maoshan.

41. 91 雪 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 Guo Xiaotang郭筱棠Mystery868k WordsOngoing A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A collection of short supernatural tales and ghost stories! It even includes alien stories! Lots of zombie and drought demon tales! Ghost stories! 👍👍

42. 92 崂 Old Debts of Laoshan 崂山旧账 Sesame Cake on Fire火烧芝麻饼Mystery270k WordsOngoing Mystery | Folk Legends | Crime Solving | Feng Shui and Fortune-Telling | Taoist Priest | Urban Supernatural Mystery | National Fortune When the incense dies out, old debts of fate must be settled anew [Slow Burn + Not a Power Fantasy + Protagonist’s Growth + No Overpowered Lead] Thirty years ago, Taoist priest Kuang Zhengqing of Taiqing Palace on Mount Laoshan in Island City died mysteriously on a mountain path. The official explanation was a dispute over incense offerings. Folk rumors said he 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Do Taoist priests who became monks later in life count?

43. 93 易 Plum Blossoms Bloom Beyond the Great Wall 易路梅花塞北开 Secondhand Scientist Yuanyi貮手科学家元一Eastern Fantasy393k WordsCompleted The book is now complete. Thank you all for your support. This is my first novel. Philosophical topics are niche by nature. I’m not looking for traffic; I only hope to offer something to readers who are passionate about the profound and extensive culture of the I Ching. The book consists of three volumes, progressing logically from specific details to the bigger picture. My abilities are limited, my knowledge shallow, and I published in haste, so there are bound to be many shortcomings and error 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    You should try reading this book; it's packed with useful information!

44. 94 都 Urban Ghost-Hunting Livestream: I Slay a Ghost and Become Famous Online from the Start 都市直播捉鬼：开局斩鬼全网封神 Become a God Through the Left Path左道成神Mystery174k WordsOngoing Under the gaze of countless people, he slays every demon and fiend. With chaos engulfing the world, he alone stands guard over humanity! In an age crawling with sinister spirits and where yin and yang have fallen into disorder, the protagonist shoulders the burden of saving the world with nothing but his courage! Ghost weddings, snakes coiled around graves, paper effigy makers, corpses weeping bloody tears, red robes claiming lives, rotting corpses devouring hearts, poisonous insects paying homa —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A life lived to the fullest is a truly vibrant one.

45. 95 奇 The Strange Gate Subdues the Eight Wastelands 奇门镇八荒 Lone Boat into a Dream孤舟入梦Mystery151k WordsOngoing My name is Yang Yufan. I was born with a pair of yin-yang eyes, and my grandfather taught me the arts of the Qimen. I thought that becoming an inheritor of the Qimen tradition would make me a fortune-teller... But who could have guessed that I’d end up as one of the saints guarding the Eight Wastelands? I’ll tell you the story of what happened in my own words! 10Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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    Highly recommended! Not only does it have supernatural thrills, but the everyday love triangle scenes are also incredibly entertaining. The arrogant white fox fairy transforms into a jade pendant and follows the male lead, constantly complaining; the rich and beautiful young lady pursues him relentlessly, bringing him food, chatting with him, and asserting her dominance. Especially the scene where the young lady bangs on the door late at night to check up on him, only to bump into the little fox (in its original form) just waking up on the stairs—the love triangle vibe is so strong, I couldn't stop smiling while watching!

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