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

1. 201 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.7kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves

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   It's engaging, with a compelling story that resonates with everyday life; I could watch it over and over again. I've already watched it four times.

2. 202 灵 Paranormal Streamer: The Sledgehammer Notes 灵异主播：铁锤笔记 Li Yichen李熠尘Mystery628k WordsOngoing A paranormal livestreamer and a female yin-yang practitioner team up to deal with supernatural incidents. After being ambushed by an evil sorcerer, they fall victim to a curse involving poisonous magic. To break the curse, they descend into the Yuanchen Palace, face off against ghosts in a battle of song, storm a reclusive sect’s warded realm, help underworld officials subdue demons, escort an earth immortal to take up a post, and venture into the underworld to steal a prophecy from a forbidden 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A duo team up to solve paranormal events; you can find the main characters on Douyin (TikTok). It's super entertaining!

3. 203 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, the traditional culture of ethnic minorities in Guizhou, and the thousand-year-old legends along the Wujiang River!

4. 204 如 The Ruyi Teahouse 如意茶馆 Snow Without Chill雪不寒Mystery359k WordsOngoing In a lively old town stands a century-old teahouse where residents and passing travelers come to rest. Who could have guessed the true meaning of the words “as you wish”? As you wish, as he wishes, or... as it wishes! 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Give this one a try! [Thumbs up]

5. 205 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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   Fellow Daoist, please wait!

6. 206 开 Reborn from the Start in a Funeral Hall, I Became a Pallbearer 开局重生在灵堂，我成了送丧人 Mr. Baby宝宝先生Mystery258k WordsOngoing When I was reborn as a rogue Taoist priest performing a ritual in a funeral hall, the family’s wails nearly burst my eardrums. A bright red coffin stood in the center of the room. Thick blood seeped from beneath its lid, though no one else noticed. I was the only one who caught the stinging, rusty smell. The rogue priest’s memories flooded my mind: this wasn't a peaceful death in old age. This was the vengeful spirit of a pregnant woman who had died a violent death. “Reverend, it’s time. Nail th 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   High-energy content is coming, but it's quite brain-intensive; the details are excellent.

7. 207 我 My Ghostly Roommate 我的阴室友 Loves Stir-Fried Tomatoes爱吃爆炒番茄Mystery143k WordsOngoing [Paranormal mystery] [Updates daily, though not on a fixed schedule] [Thanks for your support ❤️] Over the summer after my college entrance exams, I kept having the same dream about my college dorm and roommates. Then I dragged my suitcase into Room 304 and saw those familiar yet unfamiliar faces, along with an empty bed. I was stunned. They were Yaoyao and Xinxin, the girls in the photo from my dream. Was the empty bed Qingqing’s? She hadn’t shown up for months after the school year began, so w 3Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 收 I Tamed Countless Vengeful Ghosts, and Came Down from the Mountain as the Strongest in the World 收服万千厉鬼，我下山即人间最强 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Mind-Blowing Twists] I was adopted by my master as a child and grew up in the mountains, learning all kinds of ghost-hunting techniques. Since I never had any playmates, I thought I was a total pushover. Later, I descended the mountain on my master’s orders and met someone with a bizarre fate. His face clearly showed he should have died long ago, yet he was still alive and well! A strange greenhou 1.5kReads8.0Score100Shelves

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   Please, everyone, you absolutely have to watch this!! Seriously, it's just non-stop "OMG, OMG!" 🙀🙀🙀

9. 209 我 The Years I Didn't Become a Flood Dragon 我不做蛟龙的那些年 The Old Melonhead Who Writes Without Using His Brain写作不带脑子的老瓜头Mystery473k WordsOngoing Three times I stormed the underworld to save my beloved, only to meet my end beneath the Five Thunderbolts. Good deeds bring good karma, and the soul never perishes. Watch me reincarnate and turn my life around. Expose the wicked, defeat great evil, untangle karmic ties, and sever worldly attachments. Will I pursue love to the very end, or ascend to become a dragon...? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Gradually growing, a group portrait

10. 210 证 Proving the Dao in Peach Blossom Ravine 证道桃花涧 Holding On to Prosperity守得住繁华Eastern Fantasy311k WordsOngoing In the final years of the Tang Dynasty, warlords carved up the land and regimes in the Central Plains rose and fell in rapid succession. The Khitans eyed the Central Plains hungrily, demons ran rampant, and the people suffered. Gui Yuannan headed south in search of love, stumbled into an immortal’s destiny, entered the Dao, and cultivated the wondrous methods of the Shangqing tradition. After completing her training, she descended the mountain 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Try this one.

11. 211 羽 The Feathered Deep 羽化深渊 Mr. Yezi D叶子先生DSci-Fi & Apocalypse869k WordsOngoing The story takes place in the modern East Asian coastal city of Linyuan. Linyuan is a port city plagued by year-round rain, industrial decline, and a mix of religions. It is home to: * Abandoned Taoist temples * An underground black market * A seaside altar * A sealed-off mountainous region * Folk villages * An old, quarantined psychiatric hospital * A secret religious sect left over from the Republican era Ordinary people believe the world is normal. But in truth, the world has been infiltrated 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story takes place in Lin Yuan City, a modern coastal city in East Asia. Lin Yuan City is a port city plagued by perpetual rain, industrial decay, and a mix of religions. Here you'll find: *abandoned Taoist temples*, underground black markets*, seaside altars*, secluded mountain villages*, a sealed-off old mental hospital*, and a secret cult remnant from the Republican era. Ordinary people believe the world is normal. But the true world is actually permeated by an ancient will from "beyond the deep sea and starry sky." [Laughs]

12. 212 九 Uncle Nine: The Maoshan Senior Disciple's Dream of Immortality 九叔：茅山大弟子的成仙梦 Construction Site Laborer中建打灰人Mystery456k WordsCompleted (The score only came out after the book was finished, so it isn’t very high. What a shame, I thought it wouldn’t get a score at all. Thanks, everyone! This is my first book to receive a score, and I’m quite moved.) Shi Lingxi transmigrates into the Republican-era world of Uncle Jiu, where Shi Jian adopts her as his daughter and teaches her Maoshan arts. She heads down the mountain to aid Uncle Jiu, taking on zombies and ghosts in righteous group beatdowns. This is an ensemble story where the her 1.3kReads8.1Score100Shelves

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    From weak to strong.

13. 213 玄 The Metaphysics Master Eats Her Own Gossip Every Day 玄学大佬每天都在吃自己的瓜 Lousy Uncle辣鸡的uncleModern Romance435k WordsCompleted (Metaphysical, no romance, feel-good story, no logic, with showbiz elements, though the heroine won’t enter showbiz) Shen Yu, a great survivalist, was forced into seclusion when a cataclysm struck and the Heavenly Dao perished. By the time she ventures out again, the world has changed. Phones? Surveillance cameras? Airplanes? Cannons? Good heavens, this world is even more dangerous than the cultivation world! No need to panic. She’ll quietly cultivate and keep a low profile until she’s invincibl 6.7kReads9.3Score692Shelves

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    It's all about catching ghosts.

14. 214 外 The Delivery Guy's Guide to Changing His Fate 外卖小哥改命指南 Absolutely Loves Lamb Kebabs超级喜欢羊肉串Mystery233k WordsCompleted By day, he’s a lowly delivery rider. By night, he reads fortunes. Amid the everyday hustle and bustle of the city, he helps gods, monsters, and ordinary citizens defy fate and rewrite their destinies, all while turning himself into a legend. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Anyone interested during the verification period?

15. 215 出 True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年 Four Happiness Pavilion四喜阁Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con 86.4kReads9.6Score8.2kShelves

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16. 216 虐 The Torment-Novel Heroine Is Busy Catching Ghosts 虐文女主忙抓鬼 Sweet Cheng甜甜程Mystery596k WordsCompleted [Comedy + transmigration + ghost hunting] Su Su opens her eyes to find herself in a hospital bed, with someone nearby trying to take her kidney. From the doctors' conversation, she realizes she's transmigrated? Into the very angst novel she had just complained about, and as the abused heroine, no less? Then Su Su discovers that the world of the book is actually supernatural. Isn't that her specialty? They dare abuse her? They have no idea what's coming. How about a female-ghost special, on the h 3.7kReads8.9Score493Shelves
17. 217 北 Beijing Drifter Xiuxiu 北漂修修 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰Urban589k WordsCompleted I’m Wu Qi, an utterly ordinary poor kid. After graduating from high school, I ended up in Yanbei at a third-rate diploma mill where you could earn a degree through self-study exams. Then, in one night, I unexpectedly inherited a legacy, completed the Foundation Establishment stage, and reached the Golden Core stage in a month... From then on, I cultivated my mind, character, and practice in the mortal world... I started working part-time in Yanbei, selling things at street stalls, looking for jo 114Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Book Recommendations for those living and working in Beijing

18. 218 老 The Ancestress Became Famous Worldwide Through Metaphysics 老祖宗靠玄学火遍全世界 Oolong Milk Cap Tea奶盖乌龙茶Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Mysticism, spiritual qi revival, self-redemption, supernatural phenomena, no male lead! No male lead! No male lead! The Long family isn’t important, they’re only here because the later plot needs them.] Tang Xin is the ugly, ill-omened second daughter of the Tang family. When she was five, a high fever damaged her mind, and she was sent to live in an orphanage. Only after she was sent to the Long family and humiliated there did she awaken to her true identity. It turned out she was an all-power 578Reads9.1Score104Shelves
19. 219 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Female Ghost Is Anxious About Her Looks 直播算命：女鬼她容貌焦虑了 Hua Qingqing华卿卿Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Live Fortune-Telling: Your Dad’s Been Running Around Naked Down There for Three Years [No romance, livestreaming, fortune-telling, episodic stories] Lin Qingwan transmigrates into a book while attending a metaphysics lecture and reading a tearjerker. She becomes the poor, lovesick heroine who loses a kidney, a leg, and her sight, goes bald, yet stubbornly survives to get a happy ending with the male lead. After waking up to find her home completely bare, Lin Qingwan returns to her 5.2kReads9.2Score743Shelves
20. 220 梅 Mei Feixin Takes the Case to Court 梅费心打官司 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰8k WordsCompleted Mei Goes to Great Lengths to Sue 24Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 221 阴 Twin Fates of Yin and Yang 阴阳命双生 Ning Chen凝尘Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [A defiant, fight-first demon girl heroine VS a henpecked, scheming, dark-hearted, grudge-holding male lead who seems sweet as a glutinous rice ball on the outside] [Career first, romance second] The rating just opened, so it'll go up [The heroine has two fathers. This isn't a BL story, and the two fathers aren't close; there are scenes where they try to kill each other. They are not a couple. The father who gave birth to the heroine only did so after returning to life in another body, acting ou 2.4kReads7.5Score247Shelves

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    Come on, come on, take a look.

22. 222 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 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm recommending my new book, "A Taoist Priest in the Late Qing Dynasty: Exorcising Ghosts, Demons, and Zombies."

23. 223 我 Did I Ruin This Account by Training It? 我这号是练废了？ Ink Immortal 0G墨仙人0GMystery438k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + horror and the supernatural] Most stories are adapted from real events, told as a collection of ensemble, episodic tales. No formulaic plots, no invincible characters, no mindless stupidity. Bizarre situations? Soap-opera drama? They all reveal the distortions of the human heart and nature! Every night at midnight, you’ll enter a dream and explore the secrets of a strange otherworld. Featured chapters: The blurb can’t do them justice, so read the story! [Dream-Eating Syndrome - 85Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Dual male protagonists, infinite flow, horror and comedy, one good story per chapter.

24. 224 9 A Feng Shui Master Born in the 1990s 90后风水师 Chen Erer尘二二Mystery5.3M WordsCompleted One glance tells you who is destined for riches. Two reveal who will live or die. After realizing that the goddess was doomed to disaster, Li Shiyi embarked on a road of death from which there was no turning back. 282Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Just finished reading "The Post-90s Feng Shui Master," it's really good! It's a half-feng shui, half-cultivation type, and the male protagonist is a yin-yang vessel who can switch between yin and yang at will, going from weak to strong, from a first-level cultivator to a ninth-level cultivator, and finally to a powerful alchemist, alchemy god, alchemy emperor, and great emperor.

25. 225 白 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 51.9kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
26. 226 全 The All-Around Feng Shui Master 全职风水师 A Living Ghost活着的鬼Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted I'm an ordinary feng shui master. Over the years, I've traveled to many places and witnessed some strange things: vengeful spirits and wicked ghosts, bizarre feng shui formations, spirit mediums, Miaojiang witchcraft, the secret arts of curse magic... 140Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 227 茅 The Maoshan Coffin-Sealer 茅山镇棺人 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery306k WordsCompleted (Coffin sealing, corpse driving, tomb raiding, zombies, the supernatural) One sword and one talisman to slay evil, a Celestial Master's command to seal the coffin keeper! Zombies roam the remote wilderness, and deadly feng shui formations lurk in peril. Lin Xiaofeng, a Maoshan Celestial Master, descends the mountain and ultimately wins the heart of a beauty! 26.8kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
28. 228 阴 Yin-Yang Feng Shui Master 阴阳风水师 Snail Who Loves Speeding爱飙车的蜗牛Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted In the countryside, there are four exceptionally vile acts: kicking in a widow’s door, digging up the grave of a family with no heirs, drinking the milk of a woman who has just given birth, and bullying someone who cannot speak. But when I was twelve, I happened to witness two of them. Those two incidents not only shook the whole village, but also changed my life forever. 1.2kReads7.0Score100Shelves
29. 229 我 I Came From the Underworld to Subdue Demons and Ghosts in the Mortal World 我自冥界来，于世间镇妖鬼 Dancing Flames Across the Nine Heavens火舞九天Mystery5.0M WordsOngoing A live-action, high-definition animated series of the same name is now available on Hongguo and Tomato Novel. Search to watch. Witchcraft ☞ Taoist arts ☞ Feng Shui secrets ☞ Mountain spirits and ghosts ☞ Scary enough to make you scream ☞ Funny enough to make you laugh ☞ No harem Mei Wuji was possessed by the Netherworld Emperor. He died and came back to life, defying Heaven’s will. Mei Tianlang mastered Meishan witchcraft and Feng Shui geomancy, understood fate, and divined that his grandson Mei 27.2kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
30. 230 极 The Ultimate Maoshan Exorcist 极品出马仙 Lan Wu蓝五Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted My name is Li Shan. I have carried the burden of fate since the day I was born. On my eighteenth birthday, I established a spirit altar, where five hundred immortal beings, each with extraordinary powers, took their places. Some protect me, some watch over the altar, some sweep it clean, and others ride out on spirit horses. These beings chose me for my all-yin birth chart, and for my status as a virgin boy in my previous life. A ghost wearing human skin, a cursed infant, endless resentment: in 536Reads7.3Score100Shelves
31. 231 疯 A Crazy Horror Challenge 疯狂的惊悚历练 The Masked Man黯面人Mystery603k WordsOngoing The story is mainly episodic, with no male lead. The heroine is wholly focused on her career. What terrifying things have you encountered? Human-skin lanterns, hot springs that steal your life force, a pair of deadly mother-and-child spirits, walking blood corpses, a school theater stage, a haunted building, or a great demon unleashed upon the world? Ai Shaohua, the protagonist, is the last person in her family to awaken the power of their jade pendant. To help her twin sister live a normal life 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist of this ghost-hunting supernatural novel starts as an ordinary person who resolutely embarks on a journey to challenge the supernatural in order to save her younger sister. From mass graves where she tests her courage to terrifying haunted houses, then to skinning factories and eerie coffin shops, danger lurks everywhere, but the female protagonist never gives up. Step by step, she grows into a capable sorceress who makes even the supernatural retreat!

32. 232 以 A Light in Your Name 以你之名的光 Wujia五加Mystery153k WordsCompleted She suffered from childhood: her family was broken apart, her father was indifferent and her mother distant. After moving in with her grandmother, she learned the arts of the strange and mysterious, miraculous medicine, and the art of reading people’s fortunes and misfortunes! Her doting senior brother helps her level up through life. The powerful, clingy, devoted male lead would climb to the heavens or descend to the underworld for her. And there’s an adorable, lively little fox who worries him —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is powerful, clingy, and devoted, protecting the female lead with unwavering love. The female lead's senior brother possesses profound Taoist magic, helping her gain experience points every day as they hunt ghosts and demons along the way, redeeming one ghost in each of the first three chapters! They've been learning Taoist arts since childhood!

33. 233 阴 The Yin-Yang Sect Leader 阴阳掌门人 Happy God乐乐神Mystery6.2M WordsCompleted Corpse retrievers have three rules about bodies they must never retrieve. For the sake of a hundred thousand yuan, my father and I broke all three. As we were pulling a woman's corpse from the water, she suddenly opened her eyes. From then on, she wouldn't leave me alone… 7.7kReads8.6Score739Shelves
34. 234 黄 The Underworld Bureau of the Yellow Springs 黄泉阴司 Long-Eared Rabbit长耳朵的兔子Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted When I was a kid, I went to the back hill of the village to play and pick up human bones. There I stumbled upon a ghost opera and nearly lost my life. Luckily, a green snake saved me, but the snake also began a strange, shadowy romance. Ghost operas, spirit summoning, yellow-skin spirits' yin graves, peachwood seals against evil: the bizarre folk customs of southern Guizhou and chilling, uncanny tales of the worlds of yin and yang are coming your way. Warning: Not for the faint of heart!!! 5.8kReads8.4Score586Shelves
35. 235 地 The Mysteries of Earth Veins 地脉奇门 Water Domain Dry City水域干城Mystery330k WordsCompleted This fantasy novel incorporates feng shui, the arts of Qimen Dunjia, character divination, burial texts, and other elements. The male protagonist is drawn into a geomantic conspiracy within a conspiracy that has lasted a thousand years. In the end, he grows from a postgraduate archaeology student into a ruthless figure capable of defying fate... 126Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That's exactly right.

36. 236 天 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Yun Zewu云泽梧Mystery165k WordsOngoing Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 110Reads—Score155Shelves
37. 237 都 Urban Landscape Feng Shui Master 都市园林风水师 Old Ghost of the Tujia土家老鬼Urban613k WordsCompleted When my construction crew started using a compass to lay out the site and peachwood stakes to mark its boundaries, my peers laughed at me for engaging in feudal superstition. Then... The state media praised the municipal park I built as an “ecological miracle.” The homes in the residential complex I landscaped sold for twice the price of surrounding properties, and you still couldn’t get one. The clients who once mocked me as a “charlatan” now come with checks in hand, begging me to “take a look 192Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    This is a great book and I highly recommend it! If you enjoy fantasy novels, add it to your bookshelf now!

38. 238 关 The Female Medium of Guandong 关东女先生 Sun Xian'er孙仙儿Mystery407k WordsCompleted [Completed Novel Recommendation] Northeast Chinese Folk Customs, Mystery, and the Supernatural! Break the rules of the Northeast, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. The yin energy can no longer be contained. My name is Ren Xue. I'm a director who makes supernatural dramas. Fate brought me back to Changbai Mountain, where I became a Guandong woman who understands yin-yang and feng shui. I thought I was simply carrying on my ancestors' legacy. Who knew I was the key to unlocking the "Dragon-Loc 526Reads—Score109Shelves

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    A perfect match! The screenwriter's "The Female Gentleman of Northeast China" is a single-female lead story with no romantic pairing. It's a Northeast folk-themed suspenseful supernatural tale. It features Chinese horror, feng shui and metaphysics, tomb raiding, intellectual battles, and character development. There's no cultivation of immortality or supernatural interventions; the pacing is steady, and the foreshadowing and plot points are satisfyingly resolved. Suitable for fans of suspense/mystery/folk adventure; I've already watched it all and there's no disappointing ending.

39. 239 神 Adorable Fortune-Telling Wife: Her Secret Identity Is Dazzling 神算萌妻：她马甲飒爆了 Yi Sheng易升Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The Qin family was richer than a nation, and their only son, Qin Bei, was a peerless genius, devilishly handsome, and born under an unlucky star. Any woman who came into contact with him would die unexpectedly. Rumor had it that his grandmother, hoping to secure her grandson’s happiness, had found a tough-as-nails country girl and brought her home to marry him. Qin Bei said, “My wife is a country girl who hasn’t seen much of the world, so please bear with her!” Everyone: … When the powerful and 8.6kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves

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    [Making a face][Making a face] The protagonist's path to becoming stronger [Thinking][Thinking] First book: The book focuses on issues related to human nature. It exposes a large amount of chaos in the shamanic community. The book contains a lot of descriptions and analyses of the dark side of human nature. Readers with unstable minds should view it critically. The authenticity of the book is proven by God. How dare we deceive the gods? ㊙️㊙️ Second book: Corpse oil lipstick, raising ghost children, summoning fox spirits, tattoos—for fame and popularity, some celebrities will stop at nothing. The protagonist is a feng shui consultant who works in the entertainment industry, specializing in handling the aftermath for these celebrities who became famous through special means.

40. 240 惊EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 26.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves

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    This book's metaphysics is very down-to-earth, highly immersive, and captivating.

41. 241 软 The Adorable Little Fortune-Teller: Her Four Brothers Spoil Her Rotten 软萌小相师：四个哥哥宠上天 Grinning Rabbit龇牙笑的兔子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Chu Ruanyuan was a wild little girl no one in her village wanted. Born with yin-yang eyes, she could summon ghosts and spirits, but never people. When she was six, her grandfather, a Taoist exorcist, mysteriously disappeared, leaving her to survive with the help of the village's stray dogs. One day, a frail, handsome young man came to the village. He held her as if she were a precious treasure and insisted on taking her home. Ning Xuan had been sickly since childhood, but while doing good deeds 3.1kReads9.4Score423Shelves
42. 242 玄 The Metaphysics Masteress Got the Wrong Script 玄学大佬她拿错了剧本 Little Peach Blossom小桃夭夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Light horror + doting romance (she pampers him at first, then they spoil each other) + several paranormal tales woven throughout] Rumor has it that the refined, shrewd, and highly intelligent president of the Su Group, the pride of the capital, was sold off by his mother. His price: three Soul-Anchoring Talismans. The buyer's demand: get married within three days. The buyer: Mu Yaoguang. A metaphysical expert born with Yin-Yang Eyes, exceptionally gifted in ghost-hunting, feng shui, physiognomy 10.4kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
43. 243 民 The Civil Affairs Bureau: Long-Lived Species 民调局：长生种 Northern Dark Divine Flood Dragon北冥神蛟Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted My name is Feng Chen. At forty, a troubled marriage left me mired in depression. Just as I was about to take my own life, I met Wu Mian, who gave me an elixir of immortality. From then on, I possessed an undying body. Wu Mian later gave me a seed as well, challenging me to compete with Shen La, who had received a seed a century earlier, to see who could refine it faster. Once the seed entered my body, I opened up my eight extraordinary meridians. In secret, I also used it to create an inner spac 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Supernatural, detective, and tales of immortality! The protagonist delves deep into bizarre crime scenes, tearing apart evil spirits and uncovering a millennia-old conspiracy. It's so addictive, you'll be staying up all night to watch it!

44. 244 阴 The Yin Marriage Thread 阴缘线 A Two-Hundred-Jin Shell两百斤皮囊Mystery443k WordsCompleted Murong thought she was probably just born unlucky. Her master used her to nurture his soul, while her senior brothers and sisters used her to fend off the fate of the Five Bane-and-Deficiency Afflictions. Sometimes, she felt it didn’t really matter whether she lived or died. Then she met her little crew: her sisters, friends, and apprentices. They showed her how wonderful warmth could be! And there was that devoted, puppy-like young man. He was brave, confident, warm, and bright. He seemed like 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm a complete beginner, could you please give me some pointers?

45. 245 地 The Underworld Calls Me Little Sir 地府叫我小先生 HelinEastern Fantasy803k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + mystery + power progression] Getting hit by a basketball and falling into a lake was bad enough. Even worse, I got killed by a basketball!! The Black and White Impermanence told me I still had seventy years left to live. To make it up to me, they offered me a job in the underworld. So I became an HR officer on the underworld’s permanent staff and even got a ghost recruitment System! As long as I help the underworld recruit talented ghosts, I can earn all kinds of abilities: talis 401Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The main character is an HR professional in the underworld; it's quite addictive! 🔥🔥🔥

46. 246 通 Heir to the Spirit Medium 通灵师传人 Snow White Beauty白雪伊人Mystery478k WordsCompleted Supernatural + ghost marriage + strong female lead power fantasy + horror stories + mystery. There are ghosts in every heart. Have you ever seen anything more terrifying than a ghost? It's not about walking a dark road too often and running into an evil spirit. The deadliest thing isn't knowing that it's a ghost. It's the utterly dark heart hidden beneath that perfect face. Shh... Don't make a sound. She's right behind you. Run. Don't look back. The story is even more terrifying than you ca 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book recommendation: high-octane, thrilling, and haunted.

47. 247 纸 The Paper Effigy Yama 纸扎阎罗 Headmaster of the Jianghu江湖校长Mystery231k WordsCompleted Before Grandpa died, he left me with a warning: a paper effigy maker must never make three kinds of figures. On my very first day taking over the shop, I broke every rule. I made a wedding dress for a girl who died violently, a filial son for a childless widow, and finally... a stand-in for a living person. Now all the paper figures I made come alive at night and gather around me, calling me “Master.” Outside the window, the girl who should have been dead for three years is knocking on the door. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 248 灵 The Soul Rescue Squad 灵魂救助小组 Tumu Xiaobai土木晓白Mystery153k WordsCompleted Mu Xixi, who can control dreams, guarantees that every one of her dreams leaves her laughing with drool on her chin… But she never expected that the silver-haired hunk she’d taken a fancy to in her dreams and shamelessly teased was a real, living person! And her boss, no less! When Mu Xixi learned the truth, tears streamed down her face… With Si Qing as her guide, a mysterious world opened its arms to her: The late Aunt Jiang from next door sobbed as she explained: If she couldn’t get help, her —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🍃Come quick! "The Soul Rescue Team" embarks on a mysterious adventure in the fantastical world of Tomato Novels. The story boasts a unique premise: a team of individuals with special abilities travels between the real world and the soul world to rescue trapped souls. Each member possesses unique skills and distinct personalities. Faced with perplexing soul cases, they use courage and wisdom to unravel the mysteries behind them. The book features both thrilling and eerie scenes of soul predicaments and heartwarming moments of rescue, with a captivating and suspenseful plot that is both thrilling and touching. The author uses delicate strokes to depict the mysterious world of souls, taking you on an unprecedented and wondrous adventure. Fans of fantasy and suspense should not miss this; join the Soul Rescue Team to explore the secrets deep within the soul.

49. 249 我 My Life as a Chuma Xian 我的出马仙儿生涯 The Freewheeling Programmer奔放的程序员Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted In our vast land of China, the snowy black soil of the north is home to a strikingly unusual folk tradition: worshipping the “Immortals.” The Immortals do not appear in person. Instead, they possess their disciples, who are known as “spirit mediums,” serving as intermediaries between humans and spirits… A suspense masterpiece showcasing the very best of Northeast China's spirit-medium culture! 158Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book! [Sending heart] It's a genuine Northeastern Chinese supernatural story. The protagonist, Zhu Hongyun, is a golden boy whom his grandfather, Zhu Baisui, obtained from a fox spirit. He possesses the fox spirit's seal, which gradually leads him into various supernatural events, unlocking the powers of his seal step by step. It's a completed novel, so you can read it with peace of mind. [OK]

50. 250 滩 Lost on the Mudflats 滩涂迷失 Xiao Zhuliu小竹榴Mystery355k WordsCompleted [Mystery and wild ideas] + [Fortune-telling] + [Ghost-hunting] + [Fantasy romance] Su Huaixin is enjoying a happy holiday with Zhang Zhengheng and Tang Xia when an unexpected accident shatters their peaceful time together. She is bitten by a venomous snake hidden in the grass. The poison quickly spreads through her body, and despite her companions' desperate efforts to save her, they are ultimately helpless. Su Huaixin dies of the venom. Yet, as if in a twist of fate, when Su Huaixin opens her 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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