Looking for an Ancient-Style Story with a Female Lead Who Hunts Demons and Ghosts, Not a Modern Setting 女主是捉妖鬼的，古风，不要现代的

1. 51 科 Imperial Exam Triumph: The Strongest Female Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：最强女首辅 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted After finally becoming the first female heir in her family, she opens her eyes and finds herself back before the revolution. Her father is dead from the start, leaving her with a frail mother and three beautiful older sisters. She is the only son who can carry on the Cheng family line... Cheng Qing looks down at her slightly developed chest, wondering what on earth went wrong. Surrounded by scheming wolves, Cheng Qing, now with a new soul in her body, sets herself two small goals: First, keep pr 8.5kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves
2. 52 玄 After the Metaphysical Princess Returned to the Capital, the Prince Begged for Her Favor 玄学王妃回京后，王爷百般求宠 Sweet Potatoes Roasted in an Iron Pot铁锅烤红薯Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Zhong Yutong has come down from the Xuanqing Temple. Abandoned at a mass grave as a child, she now discovers that someone arranged a ghost marriage for her. So she has to go back and see who she was married to. Every cause has its effect, and I am the retribution you all deserve. Everyone says the legitimate daughter who returned to the Yong'an Marquis's residence is ferocious, able to catch ghosts and tell fortunes. Xiao Mochen says, “My wife is timid and delicate, unable to fend for herself. H 3.4kReads8.2Score424Shelves

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   The third book is from a bygone era, and it has a lot of demons. [Smirk]

3. 53 玄 The Metaphysics Master Returns to the Capital, and One Prediction Leaves Every Official Shaking 玄学大佬回京，掐指一算百官肝颤 Rice-Eating Plate干饭的盘子Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Mystical arts + fortune-telling + ghost hunting + triumphant female lead + lighthearted, no angst] Xiao Anle crawls out of a mass grave with only a month left to live. To extend her life, she needs to earn merit points, and that's right up her alley. She has no memories of the body she's taken over, but it turns out she's the daughter of an official. When a scheming white lotus falls ill and claims Anle caused it, Anle gives her mother the ability to see the supernatural. “Mother, look. Those t 10.5kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves

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   It's a hilarious tale about ghost hunting using superstition; a good read when you're looking for something to read. Highly recommended!

4. 54 王 Your Highness, Your Princess Consort Is Reading Fortunes Again 王爷，你家王妃又骗卦了 Moonlit Hong月映鸿Ancient Romance3.6M WordsCompleted As a fortune-telling little princess consort, she can not only bring luck to her husband but also take on vicious rivals. She can bend and adapt, yet this scheming prince always seems to keep her on the back foot. One day, the prince learns that his little princess consort has gone out again to tell fortunes with another handsome man... With an air of wicked menace, he grabs her and asks, “Why don’t you tell fortunes for me? Tell me how long I measure...” The little princess consort looks nervou 83Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 飞 After Failing to Ascend to Immortality, the Metaphysical Doctor Consort Is Adored Across the Capital 飞升失败后，玄学医妃宠冠全京城 Cheng Yiqi程以柒Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted Jin Yun fails her tribulation and transmigrates into the sixth young lady of the General’s Mansion, a girl who was switched at birth. Her identity has been stolen, and her fate has been switched. Just as everyone thinks she’s a cowardly, helpless little girl whom anyone in the General’s Mansion can bully, Jin Yun reveals herself as a metaphysical arts expert, skilled in fortune-telling, face reading, feng shui, ghost-catching, and healing. A lovesick prince comes knocking, and from then on he ca 131Reads6.9Score—Shelves
6. 56 后 A Spirit Medium Arrives in the Harem 后宫来了个降灵师 Revive a Little Angel复活一只小天使Ancient Romance256k WordsCompleted [Transmigration from ancient times + strong heroine + supernatural + devoted couple + sweet romance] Gu Changsi is a spirit medium who diligently banishes evil spirits and guides the dead to the afterlife. One day, she dies, and when she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the Great Jing Dynasty. Seeing the palace brimming with ghostly energy, Gu Changsi’s occupational instincts kick in. She rolls up her sleeves and heads into the imperial harem. She plans to lie low and catch ghosts in s 1.8kReads8.9Score259Shelves

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   Don't let the low ratings fool you into missing out on this book. I finished it in two nights—it's truly amazing! The premise is very fresh, the female lead is incredibly strong and clear-headed, her sole goal is the world, and she won't give up because of personal feelings. The male lead is also wonderful, always following behind her, silently supporting and protecting her. I highly recommend everyone check it out.

7. 57 我 I Found a Soul 我捡到一个魂魄 Jiujiu Cheng久久橙Ancient Romance240k WordsCompleted [Slow-Burn Plot + Foreshadowing + No Romance + Strong Female Lead] When an infant was left on her doorstep, Nan Ruo sensed traces of heavenly punishment in the baby’s soul. To uncover the truth behind her master’s heavenly punishment, she formed a blood pact with a remnant soul and set off with it as her companion, only to be drawn into entanglements from a century ago. Standing in the great hall, he demanded, “Junior Brother, what have you done?” The person across from him had endured a century —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Try this! The female protagonist can manipulate souls. She embarks on a journey to rescue her master, encountering injustices along the way and subduing various mischievous remnant souls. It's a classic Chinese style story!

8. 58 三 Three Souls as the Betrothal Gift, Seven Spirits as the Wedding Present 三魂为聘，七魄为礼 All Out肆意满Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone has three hun and seven po souls. Yin Wenjiu has only one hun and one po: an unidentified resentful soul and an unidentified life soul. Both exist to keep her body alive. But she only cares about enjoying the moment. She tells fortunes with perfect accuracy and charges the highest price! She won’t go out of her way to stay alive, nor will she actively seek death. She waited at Yunmeng Marsh for five years. If someone came to save her, she would go with them; if no one did, she would dig 24.6kReads9.3Score3.6kShelves

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   Ancient Chinese romance, classical style, top-rated (tomato) 🍅🍅🍅, highly recommended! 🉑🉑🉑 My first top recommendation 💯💯💯, these three books are incredibly high-quality 🎇🎇🎇, the plot is super tight, super enjoyable 🍅🍅🍅 The first one, the male and female leads have very nice names 🎆🎆🎆, and the story itself is also very good, a great start and a fast-paced read 🎊🎊🎊, absolutely amazing, on par with my second recommended book. The second book has an incredibly powerful female lead (Yan Sanhe) – it's my absolute favorite novel lately, and every scene where she resolves a grudge is so touching it brings tears to my eyes! It's super good, the plot is incredibly fast-paced, and it's high-energy throughout! The third book has a funny female lead and a very capable male lead, but the female lead is a spirit medium, walking the path of spirits under the Tracing Umbrella. Everyone should read it!

9. 59 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Millennium-Old Zombie Is Everyone's Darling 盗墓：千年粽子是团宠 Autumn's Startling Season惊秋时序Mystery996k WordsOngoing [Tomb raiding, everyone's favorite, a heroine who grows stronger, past and present lives, heroine paired with Xiaoge, not a power fantasy!!!] Also known as: Why Do the Yin Spirits Keep Trying to Cuddle Me? and Why Does My Wife Keep Pulling Her Pants Back Up and Pretending Nothing Happened After Regaining Her Memories? In an underground chamber beneath the Golmud Sanatorium, Jiang Li awakens inside a meteorite-copper coffin and nearly gets killed with a single strike by Xiaoge, who mistakes her f 511Reads9.1Score106Shelves

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   Haha, I just randomly picked these three books when I was looking for something to read, and they totally amazed me! I hope you book lovers will check them out too, they're really good!!!

10. 60 娘 The Ghost-Eating Bride, Part Two 娘子食鬼第二部 Chai Qiqi柴柒七Ancient Romance532k WordsCompleted [Neither ghost, god, human, nor demon + no romance + a team of girls + no dating, just monster-slaying] [Strong female lead] A grand adventure of their very own! If gods stand in their way, she'll kill the gods. If Buddhas stand in their way, she'll kill the Buddhas! Gu Jiao's adventure begins anew! A delicate young lady and her little maid, joined by a dim-witted fox, a mouse, and a cat... They roam through endless mountains and rivers. The half-human, half-ghost young lady loves to eat ghost 1.4kReads9.4Score358Shelves

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    A gripping, episodic story, relatable, and depicting the myriad aspects of life.

11. 61 我 I Bet Against the Heavenly Dao to Save the Mad Male Lead 我和天道对赌，拯救疯批男主 Jin Bao'er金宝儿Ancient Romance266k WordsCompleted [Mysticism + ghost hunting + goofy humor + face-slapping + devoted 1v1 romance] Gu Miao, daughter of the Ghost King, can command wicked ghosts and defeat demons and monsters. Yet one lightning strike sent her transmigrating into a book, where she was forced into a wager: accumulate merit, cultivate to immortality, and save the male lead, a deranged obsessive. Before meeting the man: Whoever asks her to cling to his coattails, she’ll twist his head right off. When she meets the man: “Your fate is 10Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    It's a ghost-catching story set in ancient China. The female lead is the ghost master, and it's incredibly funny and silly. [Shy][shy]

12. 62 让 Out of My Way, This Lady Is Taking Over the Sect and Becoming Its Ancestor 让开，本小姐要继承山门做老祖 Caffe Chino咖咖奇诺Ancient Romance836k WordsCompleted [A wish-fulfillment fantasy in an alternate setting + strong female lead + metaphysics + face-slapping] [Short drama and comic drama now available] The second daughter of the Zheng family’s main branch was a twin. At just three days old, she was sent to live in a temple because she was supposedly cursed to bring misfortune to her family. Sixteen years later, she was brought back home. Before she could even pay her respects to the family that raised her, her twin sister insulted her and drove her 18.3kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    The second daughter of the main wife, sent to a Taoist temple by her grandmother on the grounds of bringing misfortune to her own family, was brought back to the mansion when her birth mother was on her deathbed. Possessing esoteric arts, she extended her mother's life, reversed her elder brother's fate of being childless, cured her younger brother's intellectual disability, and exposed the hypocrisy of her fake grandmother.

13. 63 侯 The Entire Marquis's Residence Hangs Themselves, Begging the Fake Heiress to Come Home for the Feast 侯府全体上吊，求假千金回府吃席 Zi Lu子璐Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Meme humor + Absurdity + Unhinged antics + Lighthearted daily life + Invincible heroine + No official couple, ship whoever you want] Jiang Miao: Stop trying to help people. Just laugh at their fate. But then again, if the money's right, I'll gladly give your fate a couple of extra stabs! After dumping three High Gods, Jiang Miao is exposed and flees to the mortal realm. She takes over the body of the Xuan Yuan Marquis household's fake heiress, who has lost her memory. The marquis household is s 35.4kReads9.2Score4.7kShelves
14. 64 鬼 The Ghost Reaper's Princess: The Black-Bellied Prince, Be Gentle 鬼差王妃：腹黑王爷轻点虐 Yun Shijin云时锦Ancient Romance991k WordsCompleted Hardy as she was, she became a reaper of souls in the human world through a twist of fate. Her daily work was to collect souls and guide them on their way. An accident during one of her assignments made her think, to her delight, that she could report to the Underworld and begin a new life in the cycle of reincarnation. But when she awoke, the familiar mark was still on her palm. Furious, she yelled, “Ma Mian, get out here! I promise I won’t beat you to death!” Little did she know that this time 10Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    I just found it too, haven't watched it yet, but the synopsis seems pretty good.

15. 65 缥 Ethereal: The Ranxizhuan Volume 缥缈·燃犀卷 Bai Jiwan白姬绾Mystery222k WordsCompleted In the prosperous Tang dynasty, Chang'an is beset by ghosts roaming the night and demons gathering in their thousands. In the West Market district, where yin and yang meet, stands a mysterious, ethereal pavilion: the Piaomiao Pavilion. The Piaomiao Pavilion trades in rare treasures and the seven emotions and six desires. Humans, demons, ghosts, and gods all pass through its doors. Where is the Piaomiao Pavilion? Those without fate may pass right by and never see it; Those with fate will seek it 346Reads9.5Score109Shelves

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    They're all on my bookshelf, I can't bear to delete them.

16. 66 阴 Born Under an Ominous Fate, the Metaphysics Princess Reads Heaven's Secrets, Exorcising Ghosts and Healing Hearts 阴命藏天机，玄学王妃渡鬼也渡情 September Eve九月夕Ancient Romance150k WordsOngoing [Historical romance + mysticism + sweet romance + couples + feng shui and fortune-telling + feel-good] Yun Sheng is the eldest legitimate daughter of a general’s household. With an extremely yin constitution, she constantly attracts all kinds of “unclean things,” and her family sees her as an oddity. To keep her from bringing bad luck to the baby in her mother’s womb, they send her to the Void Temple at the age of three to “get rid of her bad luck.” She stays there for fifteen years. Yong’an Cit 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story about ancient Chinese metaphysics. The female lead can draw talismans, catch ghosts and exorcise demons, and is skilled in divination and feng shui. The male lead is competitive and a bit of a green tea bitch. He has a sharp tongue, and misunderstandings don't last overnight. Both are virgins, and they are mutually devoted!

17. 67 第 The Ninth Trial of Tribulation 第九世历劫 Listening to Rain Among a Thousand Mountains千山听雨Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted When Li Yuwei wakes from a coma, she discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a notorious young farm wife. With winter approaching, all the family has left to eat is coarse bran and wild greens, and death seems to be closing in on them all. Faced with such desperate circumstances, she has no choice but to revive the skills she learned in her previous life. She farms and sets up a fortune-telling stall on the street to earn money for the family, while accumulating merit to avert the 3.5kReads8.7Score425Shelves

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    This is an ancient metaphysical novel where the female protagonist catches demons and ghosts.

18. 68 阴 The Underworld Has Arrived: Even the King of Hell Has to Step Aside 阴司驾到：冥王也得靠边站 Sang Sangjiu桑桑玖Modern Romance531k WordsCompleted [Strong male lead vs. strong female lead, one-on-one romance, feel-good, supernatural, ghost-hunting, taking down scumbags] Gu Shuhan is the underworld’s only female spirit official. She can travel freely between eight thousand worlds, and in her spare time, she catches a few little ghosts. Life is carefree and pleasant enough. But then she meets Du Qin, a woman with absolutely no emotional intelligence... “Wifey, you’ve ruined my good name! You have to marry me to make it right!” “Get lost.” “W 95Reads8.7Score—Shelves
19. 69 女 The Female King of Hell Is Here, Everyone Clear the Way 女阎王驾到，通通闪开 Cozy Kitties栖栖猫猫Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted A hundred years ago, the old Heavenly Emperor kicked her into the underworld, making her the only female King of Hell. She spent every day fighting with ugly, tusked ghosts. A hundred years later, she was the foremost of the Ten Kings of Hell. Her best friends were Lady Meng and the Judge, her pets were the Black and White Impermanence, and the whole shadowy underworld obeyed her alone. She wanted to go to the mortal world to bask in the sun, but instead she ran into the old Heavenly Emperor's p 395Reads8.3Score107Shelves
20. 70 缥 Misty Tales: The Ghost Mask Scroll 缥缈·鬼面卷 Bai Jiwan白姬绾Mystery236k WordsCompleted In the prosperous Tang dynasty, Chang’an is filled with ghosts roaming by night and demons gathering in droves. In the western market, at the boundary between yin and yang, stands a mysterious, ethereal pavilion: the Misty Pavilion. It sells rare treasures and the full range of human passions. People, demons, ghosts, and gods all come and go within. Where is the Misty Pavilion? Those without fate to find it pass by without seeing it; Those destined to find it will seek it from a thousand miles a 585Reads9.5Score110Shelves
21. 71 糟 Oh No! I’ve Been Snared by a Scheming Demon 糟糕！我被腹黑妖缠上了 Xi Jinghe西景禾Fantastical Romance131k WordsOngoing [System + demon hunting + fluffy creatures + devoted 1v1 romance] “Blunt, career-minded transmigrator heroine VS sunny, scheming, love-struck demon hunter” Heng Zhi transmigrates from the apocalypse to a xuanhuan world. She must collect demon cores and exchange the resources of the xuanhuan world for those of the apocalypse. Thrown into the deep end, she figures that as a soldier, she has to complete the mission. Is she a savior or an exploiter? Through all the moral gray areas, Xie Chengxiao is —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That must be it! Both the male and female leads are demon hunters. The female lead is a cool and cute transmigrator, while the male lead is a cunning and sunny guy. The female lead has superpowers and is immune to many spells. [Thinking][Thinking]

22. 72 穿 Transmigrated as an Old Lady: Ghost Hunting and Solving Cases 穿越成老太太的抓鬼破案日常 Beef Chow Fun牛肉炒河Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted (Transmigration with a CP pairing, but not much romance. The focus is on solving mysteries and catching ghosts. No System and no golden finger: the heroine grows stronger through her bloodline and learning.) With her useless teammate dragging her along, Zhou An'an joined the transmigration crowd. When she opened her eyes, she found herself more than ten years older, with an old man by her side and a whole brood of children and granddaughters. What could she do? Roll up her sleeves and get to wo 2.7kReads9.2Score311Shelves

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    One ghost story after another, it's so much fun to read! The art style is also quite light and purely ancient Chinese, making it a very good book.

23. 73 缥 Ethereal: The Tianchizhuan Volume 缥缈·天咫卷 Bai Jiwan白姬绾Eastern Fantasy234k WordsCompleted In the prosperous Tang dynasty, Chang'an is beset by ghosts roaming the night and demons gathering in their thousands. In the West Market district, where yin and yang meet, stands a mysterious, ethereal pavilion: the Piaomiao Pavilion. It trades in rare treasures and the seven emotions and six desires. Humans, demons, ghosts, and gods all pass through its doors. Where is the Piaomiao Pavilion? Those without fate may pass right by and never see it; Those with fate will seek it out, even from a th 559Reads9.5Score113Shelves
24. 74 穿 Reborn as the Marquis’s True Daughter, the Metaphysics Expert Is the Family’s Darling 穿成侯府真千金，玄学大佬被团宠了 Three Days of Cold寒三日Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Fake and real heiress + mysticism + palace and household intrigue + strong heroine in a historical setting + everyone gets their comeuppance] Judge of the Underworld and modern mysticism expert Wen Heng is reborn as the real daughter of a marquis’s household. From the start, she’s expected to take the fake heiress’s place in an arranged marriage? Her birth parents dislike her, her three brothers despise her, and they all turn around to dote on the fake heiress. Even the entire capital seems to 3.8kReads7.8Score311Shelves

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    Suspense + Feng Shui! The truth awaits your exploration [Thinking] I really like this novel. The female protagonist, a judge in the underworld, undergoes a tribulation and her life is swapped. The judge's decree and the Book of Life and Death also disappear. Who is the mastermind behind it all? The plot is really, really suspenseful.

25. 75 缥 Ethereal: The Yanfuzhuan Volume 缥缈·阎浮卷 Bai Jiwan白姬绾Eastern Fantasy272k WordsCompleted In the prosperous Tang dynasty, Chang'an is beset by ghosts roaming the night and demons gathering in their thousands. In the West Market district, where yin and yang meet, stands a mysterious, ethereal pavilion: the Piaomiao Pavilion. It trades in rare treasures and the seven emotions and six desires. Humans, demons, ghosts, and gods all pass through its doors. Where is the Piaomiao Pavilion? Those without fate may pass right by and never see it; Those with fate will seek it out, even from a th 721Reads9.8Score103Shelves
26. 76 引 A Song to Summon Souls 引魂辞 Restless Slumber怅眠Mystery192k WordsCompleted The Yin-Yang Messenger travels between two worlds, guiding souls or collecting debts. Beneath a peaceful and prosperous age lie secrets of the capital, one after another. Whose love will be severed, whose heart betrayed? Amid the splendor of a fleeting dream, let us remember that prosperous times are hard-won. The soul-guiding songs fade away, and all that came before is scattered. One ghost, one past life: let me tell you the tale in detail… This is a story about chatting with ghosts, keeping t 156Reads8.9Score103Shelves
27. 77 斩 You Want to Kill My Three Thousand Male Consorts? This Occult Princess Won't Stand for It! 斩我三千男宠？玄学公主不服！ Little Fairy of the Book Tower书楼小仙子Ancient Romance304k WordsCompleted [Ghost hunting] [Fortune-telling] [Face reading] [Feng shui] [Occult arts] [Farming] After transmigrating, Zhao Xue becomes the eldest princess of the Daqing Empire. She is exiled, and then bound to a System. Forced to awaken her yin-yang eyes, she unlocks max-level occult skills in feng shui, fortune-telling, ghost hunting, and warding off evil. From then on, she wields a peachwood ruler in her left hand and a good-luck talisman in her right, turning the tables against all odds. She saves wrong 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is quite suitable. The story begins with the female protagonist traveling to ancient times. Then she starts facing the challenge of catching ghosts. She is also proficient in face reading, metaphysics, feng shui, and geomancy.

28. 78 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 6.7kReads8.8Score553Shelves
29. 79 忘 The Tribulation of the Forgotten River 忘川劫 Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Ancient Romance172k WordsCompleted [“Cold and ruthless God of War” Moxi VS “Heartless Stone Spirit” Sansheng] “If you can catch me, I’ll be yours!” She is the Three-Life Spirit Stone by the River of Forgetfulness, beside the other shore’s flowers, guiding souls through the consequences of their deeds. He is the renowned God of War of the Nine Heavens, with no room for personal feelings, devoted only to all living beings. A stone has no heart, and a warrior no tenderness. Though they are worlds apart, a casual remark binds them to 29.5kReads9.6Score3.9kShelves

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    They're all very beautiful!

30. 80 重 The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Leaves Her Family, So Why Are Her Brothers Crying? 重生嫡女叛出家，哥哥们哭什么 Suo Damai索大麦Ancient Romance198k WordsCompleted Leng Ci was reborn. Only after she was thrown into a mass grave in her previous life did she learn that not only had her identity been stolen, but her good fortune had been stolen too! Reborn into another life, Leng Ci looked at the fake heiress, who was cherished by her five older brothers like a dazzling pearl, and felt nothing. You can't force family love, so she stopped trying. Leng Ci caught ghosts with one hand and drew talismans with the other, making the fake heiress cough up every bit o 491Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    123456 The first book is one I recently discovered, and it's quite good. The second book is one I've been reading for a while, and it's also quite good. The third book was also recently discovered, and it's quite good too. The fourth book was one I discovered a long time ago and finished reading recently; it was quite good. The fifth book was also one I discovered a long time ago, and I haven't finished reading it yet, but it's also quite good. The sixth book... Well, I haven't started reading it yet, but the synopsis seems pretty good. The order doesn't represent ranking [smirk].

31. 81 狐 The Fox Spirit’s Tavern 狐姬酒肆 Yingluo莺萝Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Hu Ying the little fox immortal made wine so tempting it bewitched the Three Realms and ensnared all living beings. But it had no effect on Prime Minister Qin Lingmo. Worse, after she saved his life, he accused her of being a demon and even asked the sect leader to subdue her. Hmph! How could I, the great fox immortal, lose an argument to a mere human? Sooner or later, I'll take over your prime minister's residence! All the money will be mine! And the man, too! 16Reads8.6Score—Shelves
32. 82 捉 Monster-Hunting Big Shot, Don't Run 捉妖大佬你别跑 Please Speak Mandarin请说华语Ancient Romance609k WordsCompleted Rumor has it that even the mighty Luochuan, who curses the gods and beats up the King of Hell, has a weakness. He’s afraid of women crying! One day, the great man set the record straight himself: “It’s not as if I’m afraid whenever any woman cries! And it’s not as if everyone who makes a woman cry in front of me gets to live!” Everyone suddenly understood. So the reason the King of Hell got beaten so badly last time was that he’d made the great man’s wife cry. He totally deserved it. The great m 5Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 83 神 The Divine Fortune-Teller Speaks with Ghosts, and the King of Hell Is Her Little Brother 神算她能与鬼通，阎王是她小老弟 The Badger of the Green Grassland青青草原平头哥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ghost Hunting + Fortune-Telling + Top Combat Power + Heaven's Own Daughter] A scumbag father, a fake-nice stepmother, and a white-lotus younger sister who's a piece of work? Tang Qing wasn't afraid. She cut off all family ties from the start. Karma? Heavenly retribution? Sorry, Heaven is her own dear father. Evil spirits, zombies, and if you hit them, they'll report you to the underworld? Oh, the King of Hell is her little brother. A handful of talismans in one hand and a sword in the other, sh 2.9kReads9.2Score371Shelves
34. 84 阴 The Underworld Bureau and the Ghost Teahouse 阴曹司，鬼茶馆 Wo Pi Fei我皮飞Eastern Fantasy323k WordsCompleted Ba Xian Town, Sifang Street. At the heart of the street stood a small courtyard. A plaque of boxwood hung above the entrance, bearing three characters in wild cursive: Wei Teahouse. This teahouse, built of carved blue stone, had always done good business. Traveling merchants stopping for tea and old men strolling with their birdcages were regulars. It was an age of upheaval, superstition, warlords, and rampant banditry, yet no one dared cause trouble for this little teahouse. For every nightfall 147Reads7.6Score—Shelves
35. 85 最 The Last Knife Seller 最后一个赊刀人 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery4.9M WordsCompleted They are wandering prophets who travel the four corners of the world. Skilled in feng shui, they roam the mortal realm with a bundle of cleavers and scissors on their backs, and wherever they go, they leave behind a prophecy about what they have seen. “Keep this cleaver. If an elder in your family dies of consumption within five years, I'll come back to collect payment.” They are heirs to an ancient Daoist tradition from a distant place, able to pronounce life and death with ironclad certainty a 53.1kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
36. 86 她 She’s Short on Money in the Five Elements 她五行缺钱【玄学】 Spicy Porridge麻辣粥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Yi was kidnapped at the age of five and unexpectedly became the 108th successor of an obscure Daoist temple. The one who raised her and taught her everything was a wisp of the temple’s founding matriarch’s soul, which had remained inside her memorial tablet. Her temple was nothing more than a ramshackle shack made from discarded boards that mountain hunters didn’t want. It had no running water or electricity. Even dog-litter mushrooms grew between the floorboards. After they came down the 931Reads9.4Score198Shelves
37. 87 把 I Won My Husband’s Heart, Only to Learn He Was My KPI 把夫君撩到手才发现他是我kpi Little Iron Leftover小铁剩Fantastical Romance273k WordsCompleted Sheng Chuyang transmigrates into a book. System: “All we have to do is complete our demon-catching KPI, and we can return to the modern world with our assets. Don’t get involved in the affairs of the male and female leads.” Sheng Chuyang follows the System’s instructions to the letter. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s off catching demons. Big demons, little demons, even old demons on their last legs: she catches them all and brings them back to her sect to count toward her KPI. Years of hard 16.9kReads8.6Score3.4kShelves

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    This book is good; it features a straightforward female demon hunter versus a haughty fox spirit.

38. 88 寿 Three Months Left to Live, Hurry and Take the Kids to Find Their Father 寿命还剩三月，火速带娃去找亲爹 Ye Yiyi叶亿亿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + feel-good revenge + adorable kids] The real daughter, mistakenly switched at birth with the Duke's Estate's child, has returned with twins, a boy and a girl. The powerful Prince Han declares that he'll acknowledge the children, but wants nothing to do with their mother. The scheming green-tea women and fake innocent white lotuses laugh themselves silly, but soon they have nothing to laugh about. Jiang Yunxi heals the sick and saves lives, and can read fortunes wi 12.1kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves

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    Knowing her time was short, the female lead took her child to find their father. The male lead, however, suspected her of having ulterior motives. After solving case after case, he began to believe her, and from then on, she relied on him for everything.

39. 89 七 The Bowl of Seven Emotions 七情碗 Night Phoenix夜凰Modern Romance699k WordsCompleted After her biological father and half-sister drove her out of the house, Tang Susu sneered, climbed into her understated Maserati, and reclaimed the keepsakes her mother had left behind. She became the new master of the Seven Emotions Bowl. With her golden finger in hand, she and the Tang family became strangers from then on. Revenge was only the beginning. Mr. CEO, try to keep a low profile! A sage once took water from the Yellow Springs, soil from the underworld, and fire from purgatory, then m 3.5kReads9.3Score463Shelves
40. 90 被 After I Was Dumped at a Mass Grave, All My Clients Were Ghosts 被丢乱坟坡后，我的客户全是鬼 Tomato洋柿子Ancient Romance782k WordsOngoing [Historical Romance + Watching the Drama Unfold + All Kinds of Ghosts + A Heroine Who Puts No One First + From the Start, the Story Jumps Straight Ten Years Ahead Instead of Starting with Childhood] The lax cultivator Zhuyu failed her tribulation. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in the body of a dying three-year-old child in ancient times. In the middle of winter, her family had tossed her onto a mass grave. She was just about to freeze to death. The good news: She'd been struck dead 59.7kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves

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    The only downside to this book is that it's still being serialized.

41. 91 六 The Sixth Line: Initial Nine 六爻之初九 Zi Wu子芜Mystery813k WordsCompleted Lu Yao has shared a bond with Zhou Yi since childhood and is well versed in divination. But a college student from a remote mountain village who practices fortune-telling is an oddball in her classmates’ eyes, so she moves off campus and rents a place of her own. One day, she checks her bank statement and sees she’s in the red. She hops on the little scooter she uses to deliver packages. “Dear customer, you have a romantic disaster in store. Please don’t go out today!” Customer: “Are you crazy?” 1.6kReads8.5Score187Shelves
42. 92 渡 Du Youning 渡攸宁 Blue Notes into Dreams蓝调入梦Fantastical Romance287k WordsOngoing When she was ten, her parents were brutally murdered, and everyone in the city thought she would vanish without a trace. But before his death, the True Man Shouyi of Xuandu Temple passed all his life force to the orphan girl. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recently came across a new female-oriented fantasy novel. The female lead is exactly as the author described—super strong in martial arts and incredibly skilled at exorcising ghosts. The writing style is quite to my taste. The male and female leads meet because of evil spirits and fight side-by-side. [Shy]

43. 93 晏 Yan Zhao’s Casebook of Injustice 晏昭审冤录 Glowing Purple Gourd灵光紫葫芦Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted Yan Zhao was unfortunate. In her previous life, her parents died young, her aunt tormented her as a child, her husband’s family drained away all her good fortune after she married, and she ultimately died miserably in the inner courtyard. But Yan Zhao was fortunate, too. After she died, her master stored her soul in a wine gourd and took her along as he cultivated for ten years. When she opened her eyes again, Yan Zhao had returned to the time before her marriage. And as luck would have it, her 393Reads8.2Score101Shelves

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    🍀Ancient Chinese Style, Demon Slayer🍀 🔥①The female protagonist is reborn before she was married. In this life, she refuses to have her luck drained by her unscrupulous fiancé and refuses to be someone else's stepping stone. 🍄 ②The female protagonist, Lovelan, has a dress-up system. A life-saving grace isn't repaid with marriage; marriage might be for revenge [smirk]!

44. 94 朽 Bones Not Yet Turned to Dust 朽骨未化尘 Mu Wen Yan慕温颜Ancient Romance353k WordsCompleted The wronged dead’s bones never decay; they wait for justice, untouched by dust. Ye Xin was born with the ability to foresee other people’s futures, but she could not change their fates. Helping others avoid disaster would bring misfortune upon herself. Heaven had sent her into the world to be a cold-hearted bystander. To make a living, Ye Xin became a constable, solving one bizarre case after another alongside three handsome master detectives. See how the “cheating detective” helps everyone crac 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I have two Tomato accounts and have read over a thousand novels. These few I've kept are exceptionally well-written and vividly descriptive.

45. 95 白 Whispers of the White Bones at Night 白骨夜私语 Mu Wen Yan慕温颜Mystery629k WordsCompleted Bones buried in the dark whisper of injustice. A woman who can see the past and a dashing magistrate’s aide join forces to unravel one terrifying, bizarre case after another. A corpse that walks out of a dream, a cursed manor, spirits returned from hell, a lover who eats hearts, a coffin for an evil ghost... How many wronged souls cling to these bones, wandering and weeping softly in the dead of night? When the truth is finally revealed, what has rotted away: the bodies, or the human heart? In t 17Reads5.8Score—Shelves
46. 96 因 I’m Afraid of Ghosts, So I Had to Marry an Exorcist 因为怕鬼，只好嫁给除妖师啦 La La La Bi拉拉拉比Mystery503k WordsOngoing [Dress-Up System] + [Marriage Before Love] + [Three Lives, Three Worlds] + [Strange Tales] + [Legends of the Classic of Mountains and Seas] After dying suddenly, Luo Fulan is reincarnated with a dress-up System. In the afterlife, she lives a sweet life as a beloved heiress, doted on by her family. Her biggest daily worry is that her luck with the System’s gacha draws isn’t European enough. Then one day, disaster strikes and shatters her worldview. She can never go back to being a materialist. “S 148Reads6.0Score108Shelves
47. 97 斩 Severing Worldly Ties 斩尘缘 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted The sister novel to The Xie Family’s Short-Lived Ghost Has a Long Life, the second book in the Duology of Death. [Film and television rights sold] Wei Dongjun’s uncle left behind a letter of denunciation, then suddenly hanged himself. Because of that letter, the illustrious Wei family fell from the heights to the depths. Everyone else accepted their fate. Wei Dongjun alone refused. She would search the heavens above and the underworld below to ask her uncle one question: Why? On the seventh day 29.3kReads9.2Score4.3kShelves

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    🌟If you like Yan Sanhe, you definitely can't miss this story; it's a sister piece. Yi Ran's writing is as excellent as ever, each story vividly portraying the warmth and coldness of human nature. What is obsession? Obsession is being unable to forget, let go, or break free…

48. 98 兰 Tales from Lanruo Studio 兰若斋轶闻录 Mu Wen Yan慕温颜Ancient Romance402k WordsCompleted Rumor has it that whenever it rains, Lanruo Studio appears. A demon dwells within and can grant any wish. Yet those who get what they wish for all suffer misfortune within days and die, but people still flock there, and many spend their whole lives searching for it. The son-in-law of a city’s richest man went inside seeking an object, only to fall ill and die suddenly three days later. On the night he was buried, his wife was also killed in their grand mansion. So many tragedies are born in this 885Reads8.5Score115Shelves
49. 99 月 Chang’an Beneath the Moon 月下长安 Clear and Bright Bamboo澄明一竹Mystery179k WordsOngoing [Folklore × Mystery × Case-Solving × Anthology] Under the moon, Chang’an sleeps. The worlds of the living and the dead walk the same road. She can see the dead, and she can speak on their behalf. Deep in Chang’an’s Eastern Market stands a spice shop with a white paper lantern hanging above its door. Only those whose families have just lost someone, or who are being haunted by ghosts, can see its light. The shopkeeper, Shuyue, lost both her parents as a child and bears a crescent-shaped birthmark 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead doesn't exorcise demons; she guides ghosts to justice and helps them clear their names.

50. 100 缥 Misty: The Corpse Tomb Volume 缥缈·尸穸卷 Bai Jiwan白姬绾Mystery224k WordsCompleted In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was haunted by a hundred ghosts and thronged with myriad demons. In a district of the Western Market, at the boundary between yin and yang, stood the mysterious, ethereal Pavilion of Mist and Mirage. It traded in rare treasures and the seven emotions and six desires. Humans, demons, ghosts, and gods all came and went within. Where is the Pavilion of Mist and Mirage? Those without fate pass by without seeing it; Those with fate will seek it out from a thou 654Reads9.5Score102Shelves

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    It's really good... Go see it!

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