Mysticism and Ghost Hunting, Growing from Weak to Strong 玄学，捉鬼，从弱变强

1. 51 东 Tales of a Northeast Chinese Spirit Medium 东北出马仙实记 Night Breeze 777夜风777Mystery289k WordsCompleted [Fantasy + Supernatural Mystery + Northeastern Chinese Folk Customs + Light Comedy] My name is Hu Xiaohua. On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, a weasel squatted on top of the corn stack in my yard. With a tattered red flower perched on its head, it asked me whether it looked more like a person or a god. I took one look at it and said, “You look like your grandma’s grandson.” Ever since that day, my altar has never known a moment’s peace. My maternal uncle is the altar’s wanderin 1kReads8.5Score103Shelves
2. 52 沙 The Goofy Fortune-Telling Celestial Master Is Terrifyingly Strong 沙雕算命天师，她强得可怕 Lan Qianqian蓝千千Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Wacky Power Fantasy + Imaginative, Beloved by All + Metaphysical Master + Unhinged + Unexpected Contrast] Jiang Cha fails to ascend and is struck by a heavenly bolt of lightning, sending her back to her original world. Here, she is the villainous fake heiress in a novel: the real heiress steals her fortune, and Jiang Cha is expected to take the fall for the real heiress's deadly tribulation. The Jiang family announces her death. The very next moment, Jiang Cha kicks open the coffin li 5.2kReads8.8Score828Shelves

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   Both books are on the theme of metaphysics and are quite good.

3. 53 玄 The Alluring Mystic Is Irresistible, and the Ascetic Monk Can’t Get Enough 玄学美人太可口，禁欲佛子吃不够 Tao Xiaojiu桃小九Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted Sheng You, a powerful practitioner of the mystic arts, transmigrates into a book and becomes the ill-fated heroine of an angsty romance. The original heroine was abused in both body and spirit by the scumbag male lead, enduring one melodramatic ordeal after another: having a kidney stolen, a car accident, amnesia, and finally winning the scumbag’s dog-like devotion. Sheng You gives a cold laugh. “An angsty romance heroine? Not happening!” Armed with secret mystic arts, she reads fortunes on live 7.1kReads8.6Score985Shelves
4. 54 天 A Celestial Master? I'm the Ghost Emperor 天师？我可是鬼帝 Hua Bu Zhuo Dan Ge华不着耽搁Urban496k WordsCompleted He was once one of the supreme Five Ghost Emperors of the Underworld, ruling Mount Luofu in the south and wielding awe-inspiring divine might. But according to the Underworld's structure, the other four regions were each jointly ruled by two emperors. Only his southern domain had long been guarded by him alone, through ten thousand years of solitude unknown to anyone. After one drunken binge, a moment of carelessness allowed a fragment of the sealed Demon Ancestor Luohou's soul to escape, unleas 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Catching ghosts in the city? No, I'm catching the debts of my past life!] The Demon Ancestor's divided soul was a karmic debt he personally released. Now he is a Celestial Master in the mortal realm. Facing powerful enemies all around, can he atone for his grave mistake and reclaim his position as the Ghost Emperor? #UrbanCultivation #Urban #GhostCatching → "Celestial Master? I'm the Ghost Emperor!" Takes you on a unique urban cultivation journey!

5. 55 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves

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   Not scared? Come at me! Real Chinese horror, fast-paced, high-energy from start to finish! Thrilling! Great! [Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn]

6. 56 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves
7. 57 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.0Score137Shelves
8. 58 民 A Collection of Folk Feng Shui Records 民间风水集录 Idle Clouds and Wild Ducks闲云野鸭Mystery5.3M WordsOngoing Also known as The Dragon-Seeking Secret: The Five Masters of Jingmen. Main characters: Tao Duoyu and Ren Shiyu; The Five Masters of Zhongzhou: Xiong Lei of the Northeast, Zheng Xuan of western Hunan, and Su Mei of Jiangnan; My name is Tao Duoyu. My master is Tao the Blind, the foremost of the Five Masters of Zhongzhou. Twenty-four years ago, he saved me when I was at death’s door, snatching fate from the heavens to extend my life by more than twenty years. Twenty-four years later, my master myst 2.5kReads9.1Score390Shelves

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   Watch Wu Jie and the young Taoist priest travel all over the country to catch ghosts and exorcise demons, recruiting several evil spirits as helpers. Together they go to Thailand to fight against the Thai national champion, ultimately becoming a Feng Shui king. [Exploration] Watch a Feng Shui battle involving national institutions, incorporating Six Lines divination, metaphysics, the Eight Trigrams, and the concept of time's passage, illustrating the current notion of the fleeting nature of time. [Exploration]

9. 59 麻 The Master of Ma Yi Divination 麻衣相师 Peach Blossom Ferry桃花渡Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted My great-uncle had all kinds of abilities. One day, he told me he’d buried a treasure for me in a feng shui paradise… 28.1kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
10. 60 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 4.5kReads—Score304Shelves

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    This book tells the story of the protagonist gradually becoming stronger, which is very interesting and very enjoyable.

11. 61 天 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 Big Eggplant大茄子Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 248.3kReads9.1Score59.8kShelves
12. 62 捉 The Ghost-Hunting Qingfeng Lodge 捉鬼清风居 Potatoes Roasted with Chili Peppers土豆烧辣椒Mystery599k WordsCompleted “Clear Breeze Hall” is a shop specializing in exorcising demons and driving away ghosts. A strange couplet hangs by the door: First line: If you’re free of disaster and trouble, don’t come in. Second line: If you’ve got ghosts or demons, come on in. The shop’s owner is a 21-year-old young man named Zhang Qingfeng, the thirty-ninth-generation heir of the Zixiao Sect. Some say the owner is obsessed with money and cares about nothing else. Others say he’s a living bodhisattva who came into the worl 6.2kReads8.8Score519Shelves

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    This book is composed of a series of short stories, each one captivating. Listening to the audiobook makes it even more enjoyable! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

13. 63 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

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    💥High-Quality Metaphysical Novels 1️⃣ A new book by the same author as "Selling Superpowers at a Street Stall"📖. Although the world is experiencing a resurgence of terror, the protagonist, Bai Yuan, is mentally unstable😂. He gains strength by consuming supernatural objects, proving the adage "one thing subdues another." 2️⃣ You've probably heard the phrase, "After this sword, humanity will have no worries." These are the words of Zhang Ziliang, a character in the book, and they're incredibly moving🥲. 3️⃣ The protagonist vanquishes demons and monsters, participates in feng shui wars, and ultimately becomes a king of feng shui.

14. 64 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 155.2kReads9.3Score16.3kShelves
15. 65 都 The City’s Post-00s Yin-Yang Master 都市00后阴阳先生 Yongxing Qingqiang Army永兴青羌军Mystery553k WordsCompleted [Urban]+ [Unusual Mysteries]+ [Feng Shui Secrets]+ [Occasional Horror]+ [Pretty Funny Too] Life is tough, so this yin-yang master is putting on a show! In a world where jobs are fiercely competitive, people can get laid off at the drop of a hat, and business in the yin trade is even harder to come by, Lin Xu, a new-generation yin-yang master born in the 2000s, decisively ventures into livestreaming. “I'm Lin Xu! My major is yin-yang mastery, and my minor is paper crafting! Tell me what you folks 228Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 我 My Godfather Is the King of Hell 我干爹是阎王 Green Grass Quells Wildfire青草灭野火Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing The King of Hell says you’ll die at the third watch, but I can keep you alive until the fifth. I was born under an ill-fated Yin destiny, so I was bound to have dealings with ghosts. Have you ever heard of a Daoist becoming a soldier? A Daoist must not only drive out demons and uphold the righteous path, but also learn to beat people and livestock. You say you have connections? What makes you think mine are any weaker? I have connections in the world of the living, and an entire army of contacts 3.3kReads7.6Score259Shelves
17. 67 超 The Superpowered Feng Shui Master Told Me to Show My Legs Before He'd Read My Feng Shui 超能相师找我看风水请你先亮腿 Mingze888888铭泽888888Mystery117k WordsCompleted Twenty-year-old Zhang Dachun is a feng shui rookie who unexpectedly awakens a superpower: he can see through things with his leg hair. If a client doesn't show their legs, he can't spot any bad omens! And so, the paranormal agency's whole operation goes completely off the rails!!! A female ghost shrieks, “Why are you staring at my knees?” A hopping zombie marches in place to help with the inspection, only for the compass to suddenly fling out a barrage of snarky comments: Warning! Warning! Leg h 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A super-powered fortune teller, hilariously invincible! An unconventional cheat code, a powerful backer, absolutely amazing! A one-eyebrowed reincarnation in Northeast China, classic Taoist magic, talismans, and formations reappear, both thrilling and hilarious!

18. 68 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
19. 69 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves

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    You'll definitely be pleasantly surprised after reading it! It's purely Chinese in style, with a very novel theme, a well-written ensemble cast, suspenseful yet humorous, and full of unexpected plot twists. It's so good! Highly recommended! 👍👍👍

20. 70 让EN I Said Explain the Occult, Not Catch Ghosts on Livestream! 让你科普玄学，没让你直播捉鬼！ Crane Lantern鹤灯Two Male Leads644k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads, not a male-oriented novel. Take note!] To revive the Taoist temple his master had left behind, Qi Gu entered show business and worked hard to promote himself. But his manager turned on him, smearing him from head to toe. After quitting show business, Qi Gu felt that the harder he tried, the more unlucky he got, so he decided to lie flat and give up. By chance, he was invited by a client to take part in a paranormal reality show. On the show, he stopped trying to promote him 19.5kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves

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    😱Attention! This is a dual male lead story, not a male-oriented novel! To revitalize his Taoist temple, Qi Gu enters the entertainment industry and works hard, only to be betrayed by his manager and fall from grace. After retiring from the industry and giving up, he unexpectedly participates in a paranormal variety show. He abandons his work commitments, eats snacks in front of terrifying scenes, and becomes famous for his relaxed, outgoing personality. Watch how he and his partner navigate the variety show world!

21. 71 道 The Taoist Returns to His Village and Begins His Revenge as a Street Vendor 道士回村，从摆摊开始复仇 Entertaining Through Words以文娱人Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + feng shui + talismans + ghost hunting + demon slaying + folk customs + no System + no livestreaming + no cultivation] When his grandfather was young, he gathered herbs in the mountains and once saved a young Taoist priest who had been badly injured. To repay him for saving his life, the young Taoist chose a feng shui site known as “Golden Rooster Brooding Over an Egg” and told his grandfather to build the family home there. Once the house was complete, the Lin family grew rich a 23.4kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves

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    Ghost hunting, from weak to strong

22. 72 神 God-Tier Ghostcatching System 神级捉诡系统 Clouds Follow the Dragon云从龙Urban2.4M WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, a down-and-out young Taoist gets a god-tier ghost-catching System. From then on, he roams the city, picks up girls, and climbs to the pinnacle of life! “Playboys and spoiled young masters are all weaklings. Catching ghosts and flirting with girls, that's the life I want!” Ye Xuan says calmly, “Ghost King, are my chicken wings ready yet? Remember to add extra cumin!” 571Reads5.4Score—Shelves
23. 73 招 I Attract Ghosts, But My Husband Protects Me 招鬼体质，但是我有老公护着 Wang Jiu'an王久安Two Male Leads295k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + ghosts and spirits + ghost hunting + supernatural] A Taoist priest top x supermarket owner bottom Naturally timid Bai Huaian discovers that he can see the dead, and the worst part is that they’re not exactly easy to deal with. The good news: a Taoist priest named Qin Heyang is willing to protect him around the clock. The bad news: why does Qin Heyang look at him so strangely? Bai Huaian: I sell goods, not myself... - Bai Huaian is a handsome, unemployed young man who retu 249Reads—Score106Shelves
24. 74 捉 The Ghost-Catching Taoist Master 捉鬼天师 I Am Buddha我本佛Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted To build a road, the village assigned me and a few others to demolish a grave. Everyone died, but I survived. I’m the only one who knows why... 56Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 茅 Maoshan Ghost-Banishing Celestial Master 茅山捉鬼天师 Xiao Mochou Himself萧莫愁本尊Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted [Taoist Master] + [Ghost Hunting] + [Supernatural Mystery and Suspense] Light a lamp and tell ghost stories; observe the taboos of yin and yang. The inscrutable secret arts of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Maoshan traditions; the uncanny spirit-possession tablets; and mysterious taboos that inspire dread. The only Maoshan sect leader in history to vanish under mysterious circumstances seizes the secrets of heaven and earth and travels between the realms of the living and the dead. Let him reveal 3.2kReads6.5Score205Shelves
26. 76 我 I Hunt Ghosts with a Temper in Another World 我在异世界暴躁捉鬼 Tathagata's View如来观Mystery339k WordsOngoing [System + supernatural + no romance] Zhang Yixun’s daily routine is to diligently hunt zombies and ghosts, and pit his wits against the authorities. He’s either hunting ghosts or on his way to hunt ghosts. Zhang Xunyi is an unlucky man bound to a System. He fainted from low blood sugar while walking down the road, and the System dragged him in to work as free labor. Every morning, as soon as he opens his eyes, the System starts making grand promises, telling him he’s a scholar and a warrior dest 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 77 你 You Fear Ghosts, I Catch Them: We’re a Match Made in Heaven 你怕鬼，我捉鬼，我俩顶配天仙配 Fish Three Loves to Eat鱼三爱吃饭Two Male Leads131k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Metaphysics + 1v1 + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives + Fashion Industry] [A mountain of personal headcanons! The shou pursues the gong, and once he wins him over, the gong turns into an incurable doting husband.] [A seemingly straightforward, guileless, actually flirtatious little Taoist shou vs. a seemingly tough-talking, actually softhearted, innocent mixed-race model gong who's afraid of ghosts] After spending eighteen years in a Taoist temple, the young Taoist Song Ji 112Reads7.0Score—Shelves
28. 78 我 I Master the Ultimate Daoist Arts, Yet I'm Forced to Catch Ghosts for Work 我，掌握顶级道术，被迫捉鬼打工 The Bright Moon in Summer夏有明月Urban131k WordsOngoing Jiang Xuan's origins are shrouded in mystery. He learned the world's finest Taoist arts from his master from a young age. By chance, he joined the Chinese Exorcism Bureau to make a living. From the start, he was just a fortune-teller setting up a stall on the street. Through one adventure and battle after another, he eventually reorganizes the Ghost Domain's Asura army, proves his divinity and becomes a god, and takes on a million Western deities. —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 79 虞 The Yin-Yang Records of Yu Xia 虞夏阴阳录 Reversed Death逆位死神Eastern Fantasy307k WordsCompleted [Fictional Dynasty + Supernatural + Cultivation + Exorcism + Fast-Paced] Year Ten of the Gengqi Era A red star streaked across the sky, leaving the heavens as red as though a great crack had been slashed through them. That year, Yu Wen Geng, the ruler of the Yuxia Dynasty, suddenly fell gravely ill and took to his bed. Rebellions erupted across the land, plunging the realm into chaos and calamity. In the third month of that same year, a star of ill omen was born in an unremarkable little village 11Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 急 By the Power of the Law 急急如律令 Nine Buns九包子Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted It all began when I took fifty yuan from a blind fortune-teller. Then, in the middle of the night, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me. 1.5kReads8.6Score160Shelves
31. 81 心 State of Mind! 心境！ Soul of the Mind心境之魂Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsOngoing (Eloquent writing + xuanhuan fantasy + suspense + supernatural + spiritual cultivation + ordinary-person progression + no System + no clichés + no invincibility + no mindless characters) Wu Jing, a young herb gatherer from Qingshi Town, falls off a cliff and attains sudden insight, glimpsing the secret of a century-long lifespan! But the road to longevity is filled with deadly dangers. The stunning heiress he treats has an ancient heart demon sealed inside her; the Daoist temple he joins conceal 137Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 我 My Years Running a Fortune-Telling Shop 我开命理馆的这些年 Lighting a Lamp and Listening to the Rain掌灯听雨Mystery955k WordsOngoing [Metaphysical divination, esoteric arts, thunder formulae, the Four Pillars of Destiny and feng shui, astrology, ghost hunting, folk sorcery, witchcraft...] This is the true story of a yin-yang master. How much do you know about the metaphysical arts? You may have heard of feng shui, the Four Pillars, Qimen Dunjia, and the Six Yao, but you may never have witnessed the true power of these arts of fate and divination. In the early 1990s, as interest in the Book of Changes surged, I formally took u 27.6kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
33. 83 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 148.7kReads9.7Score13.6kShelves

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    Then you can identify the horse.

34. 84 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves
35. 85 出 Tales of a Spirit Medium 出马仙往事 Cloud Road Faraway云路遥Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted “First, invite Hu; second, invite Huang. Third, invite Mang; fourth, invite Chang. Offer incense in the hall, and let all the immortals come forth.” With an entirely yin birth chart, I suddenly became the village's most despised madman when I was eight years old. Ten years later, I recovered from my madness and took charge of the Hu family's altar, one of the five great immortal clans of Northeast China. From then on, the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies followed me everywhere. I thought I had 32.4kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
36. 86 麻 The Divine Fortune-Teller in the Linen Robe 麻衣神算子 Horseback Fishing骑马钓鱼Mystery7.4M WordsCompleted My grandfather taught me everything he knew about fortune-telling, but after I read three people’s fortunes, he left me. From then on, I didn’t just tell the fortunes of the living... 43.7kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves
37. 87 出 The Horse-Riding Disciple Still Lives Today 出马弟子今犹在 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted If you live in Northeast China, you've surely heard tales of the chuma xian. What exactly are the yellow weasels asking for when they beg to be granted a title? Are the Five Great Immortal Families the Fox, Yellow Weasel, Chang, Python, and Qingfeng spirits, or the Fox, Yellow Weasel, White, Willow, and Gray spirits? What can spirit mediums do, and what must they never do? Will the spirits be punished if they do something wrong? As it happens, my older sister is a spirit medium who has establish 6.4kReads9.3Score644Shelves
38. 88 重 Reborn as the CEO's Fortune-Telling Wife 重生之总裁的算卦妻 He Du禾度Modern Romance409k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Metaphysics + Fortune-Telling + Actress + CEO + Influencer] After her fellow disciple ambushes her, the heroine is reborn as a disgraced influencer. After beating up a sleazy director, she tells him, “You’re going to prison.” When her unscrupulous agent demands an outrageous contract termination fee, she says, “Be careful when you go out. You’re in for a bloody disaster.” At a banquet to clear up a rumor, she exposes a scheming actress’s past crimes: raising a ghost to harm people and —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She then calmly looked at Zhang Yongxing and continued, "Those who commit many evils will surely face retribution. Your end is near; you will die in no more than ten days." Zhang Yongxing's face contorted with rage, wishing he could pounce on her and kill her immediately. "You're courting death!" He glared fiercely at Cheng Mengyun and ordered the bodyguards in black suits, "Arrest her!"

39. 89 活 No Living People Allowed 活人勿近 Lang Jiuxin朗九心Rural Life2.3M WordsCompleted [Inspired by real events, but the setting is entirely fictional] [No cultivation] [Supernatural horror only] The countryside is different from the city. Rural areas are vast and sparsely populated, with too little human presence to suppress what lurks beneath the ground. That's why ghost stories and strange legends keep cropping up. Ask anyone from a village in Sichuan, and they'll have plenty to tell you about supernatural happenings in the mountains and fields in years gone by. Some people 96.7kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves
40. 90 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Chinese Folk Customs] [Unorthodox Trade] [Tales of Evil Objects] [No Romance] This is a strange pawnshop that deals exclusively in sinister objects with special value! When something goes against the natural order, evil must be at work! Some things simply should not exist in this world! Coins stuffed into the mouths of the dead, an executioner's blade, grave mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! T 277kReads9.4Score23.7kShelves
41. 91 天 The Heaven-Ordained Fortune Teller 天命神算 Long Life and Prosperity寿比南山Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted When I was thirteen, I fell gravely ill. My fever wouldn't break, and no matter how many famous doctors I saw, none could cure me. My grandfather healed me, but he died mysteriously five years later. Only then did I learn that he had incurred a karmic debt on my behalf. So I inherited his legacy and embarked on the path of a feng shui master. 149.1kReads9.2Score17.5kShelves
42. 92 震 Shocking: My Brother Is the God of Death 震惊：我哥是死神 Blade of Flowing Fire流火之刃Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as My Husband, the Grim Reaper and I Am the Grim Reaper Modern city + System + supernatural powers + spiritual qi revival + doting on his little sister + anime + chaotic daily life Lin Feng accidentally transmigrated to a world where spiritual qi had revived. Who could have guessed that the golden finger he'd waited four years for would turn out to be a part-time job as a Grim Reaper? From then on, by day, he was an utterly ordinary writer. But whenever night fell, he wielded Zangetsu 11.2kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    Ghost hunting using metaphysics 🌚💦💦 Genre: Urban/Fantasy/Suspense + Suspense

43. 93 最 The Last Descendant of Zhong Kui 最后一个钟馗传人 Yan Xiaoxiu阎小朽Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing I was cursed by a thousand-year-old fox demon the moment I was born. As a child, I couldn’t see or hear, and everyone said I was born disabled. But when I was five, a master took me in as his disciple. He said I was a reincarnated ghost god, a tempting morsel in the eyes of ghosts and monsters. The fox demon’s revenge, a frozen corpse in a dry well, a water ghost claiming lives, a hundred ghosts roaming by night... Strange events followed one after another. To protect myself, I had no choice but 5.5kReads9.0Score481Shelves

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    I've read so many books, this is my second time reading this one.

44. 94 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
45. 95 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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    Revisiting the classics was so immersive; I really miss Uncle Ying.

46. 96 大 After College, I Became the Night Watchman at a Funeral Home 大学毕业，在殡仪馆当守夜人 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban520k WordsCompleted Superpowers + passionate action + supernatural mystery + criminal investigations + an official organization "I'll protect every light in every home!" "At midnight, I'm the one who calls the shots!" After Lin Zhao was injected with zombie genes, his body underwent all kinds of changes. His wounds healed faster, he grew stronger, and he could even see things a hundred meters away at night. There was a side effect, though: he had lost his soul... The story mainly follows Lin Zhao as he assists the 2.1kReads9.2Score126Shelves

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    This book fits the genre of ghost hunting and suspense!

47. 97 诡 Eerie Revival: The Spirit Cat Walks by Night 诡异复苏：灵猫夜行 Lonely Stone孤石Mystery508k WordsCompleted [Supernatural horror + slow burn + (fake) System + (fake) rebirth] [The two leads have a normal friendship, no tragic romance between human and cat] [Chapters 79–80 are poison; skipping them is recommended] The supernatural resurges, and disaster descends. Many familiar places, as people know them, are gradually revealing their terrifying hidden sides. A dark, haunted forest. A county school under lockdown. A lifeless lake where shadows drift. A ghost city glimpsed through a veil of blood... Bei 341Reads8.6Score100Shelves
48. 98 茅 Maoshan Taoist Arts: The Way of Heaven 茅山道法之天道 The End in the Night黑夜里的末Urban613k WordsCompleted In The Maoshan Daoist Arts: The Heavenly Way, Li Yunfei becomes a Maoshan disciple by a stroke of luck and embarks on a journey to vanquish demons and exorcise evil. Demons, devils, and ghosts across the Three Realms all tremble at the sound of his name... 132Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 99 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
50. 100 恐 Horror Game: My Family Are All Monsters! 恐怖游戏：我的家人都是鬼怪！ Mr. Yan, Who Loves Sunflower Chicken爱吃葵花鸡的颜先生Mystery750k WordsCompleted Horror games. Dungeon missions. In Zhao Shi’s world, everyone has to enter terrifying games and repeatedly face all kinds of dungeons. While everyone else struggles desperately to survive and escape, Zhao Shi obtains a System that lets him see the rules governing how ghosts and monsters kill. Everything has rules, and every rule can be broken! With the System’s help, Zhao Shi easily sees the rules of every ghost and monster. You need a son? Sure, Mom! You need a husband? Honey, how about me? 145Reads8.9Score106Shelves

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