Unorthodox Paths, Supernatural Mysticism, and the Stranger the Magic, the Better 旁门左道， 诡怪术法，法术越奇怪越好

1. 1 最 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.5kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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   To be honest, I've said too much already. I only recommend this one. If we're talking about unorthodox or unconventional methods like paper crafting, it's definitely on the offbeat. If you're looking for something to read, this is the only one I recommend. The plot is fast-paced and full of exciting moments. 😏

2. 2 全 Everyone Is an Evil Immortal!!! 全员恶仙！！！ There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte 211.3kReads9.0Score20.2kShelves

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   This book has a strange, almost mystical, feel to it, featuring a traditional Chinese cultivation path, a state religion that treats humans like animals, a divination sect where divination is murder, and fifteen Daoist masters who plant themselves in black soil… It's definitely worth a read.

3. 3 佛 I, Buddha, Am Truly a Good Person 佛爷我真是好人啊 Jiao Lu Zhi蕉鹿之Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Weak System + No Romance + Slow Progression + More Traditional + Saintly Heroine, Don’t Read If You Dislike It, Thanks] When Shi Ran woke up, he had transmigrated to a strange world. There were no aloof immortals in the heavens, pure as the moon, nor compassionate gods and Buddhas filling the skies. Instead, the world was full of deranged, bizarre cultivators. Here, sacred scriptures were laden with taboo costs, and the slightest misstep in cultivation could mean death and the end of one’s path 473Reads8.7Score161Shelves

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   These books are all alright, but I'd recommend the second one.

4. 4 从 I Start with Gu Refining and Grind My Way to the Dao of Ten Thousand Arts 从炼蛊开始肝成万法道尊 Gongsun Lizi Hotpot公孙离子烫Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing [Gu cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Demonic cultivator] On the Eternal Continent, demonic cultivators rip out souls to make banners and use young girls as furnaces. The righteous sects may seem noble and upright, but in truth they refine the common people into powerful medicines in hopes of ascending to immortality. Reborn in a cultivation world where mountain foraging is the foundation of training, Bai Yu unexpectedly becomes an errand disciple at the Gu Refining Peak of the 36.6kReads8.1Score3.2kShelves
5. 5 欲 Desire! Gu? Immortality! 欲！蛊？仙！ Er Tong from Afar来自远方的二筒Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (Dark fantasy, no System. The protagonist is the author's idea of a villain. Multiple heroines. If that's not for you, don't read.) Ten thousand years ago, the so-called righteous sects planted a Prosperity Tree. It twisted the spiritual veins and tampered with the laws of Heaven, dividing the world into two realms: The Land of Prosperity, where flowers bloomed every day, fruit ripened all year round, and gold and jade filled every home; And the Land of Declining Dharma, where nations fell into 25.4kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves
6. 6 诡 Creepy Cultivation, but I Can Turn Side Effects into Benefits 诡异修仙，但我能转正副作用 I Don't Eat Sweet Oranges我不吃甜橙Eastern Fantasy780k WordsOngoing Li Yan had barely transmigrated to a world of demons, strange beings, and cultivation when an eerie old Daoist forced him to swallow a pill containing a parasitic curse. Just as he was about to become a pill slave and be treated as nothing but a resource, he unexpectedly awakened a System that absorbed side effects. The harsher the side effect, the more powerful the benefit after it was reversed! [Swallow the Blood-Egg Pill. Effect reversed: Steal other people's blood essence and cultivation!] [ 841Reads7.7Score100Shelves
7. 7 旁 Heterodox Arts: Beginning My Cultivation by Refining the Entire Village 旁门左道：从炼化全村开始修行 The Yasha Who Loves Meat爱吃肉的夜叉Mystery383k WordsCompleted I'm working on a new novel in the same genre. My grand goal for 2026: finish my first million-word novel. Longtime readers, stay tuned. [Corpse Control, Cursecraft, Raising Little Ghosts]+ [Eight Hundred Schemes Up His Sleeve]+ [Master of Disguise]+ [Sneaky Schemer]+ [Voldemort] My name is Chen Xiu. If you become my enemy, it's to the death. That's why people in the business like to call me “Daoist Wuyou.” I always say: pay me, and I'll solve your problems… A child lights a lamp, a vengefu 3.9kReads7.2Score244Shelves
8. 8 甲 Beetlemon's 14th Book 甲虫兽第14本书 Beetle Beast甲虫兽Eastern Fantasy258k WordsOngoing My new story is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 19Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.4kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
10. 10 诡 Ancestral Master of the Strange Realm 诡境道祖 Young Master Butcher公子屠夫Mystery990k WordsOngoing A parallel world, overrun by the supernatural. Cities may sleep through the dead of night, but the supernatural invasion never stops. You can’t tell whether the person beside you will still be themselves tomorrow. You can’t know whether the terrifying dark gate will open beside your bed tonight. And you can’t imagine the endless, terrifying unknown that awaits every eighteen-year-old in the “college entrance exam.” In this horrifying world, Ye Bai discovers, “Huh? I have a golden finger!” … A c 850Reads8.4Score100Shelves

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    Unorthodox methods can lead to immortality, with strange and wondrous spells 😂 ✨①This is a world where the Heavenly Dao has become bizarre, all paths are collapsing and constantly changing. Anyone over 18 years old must enter the bizarre realm of the Heavenly Dao for endless trials 🔥🔥 ✨②A descendant of a Celestial Master transmigrates to another world. The Heavenly Dao is flawed, and the Celestial Master's descendant must use this opportunity to become a god and suppress the world 🥰🥰

11. 11 诡 Strange Phenomena Run Rampant: I Investiture the Gods in Another World 诡异横行：我在异世敕封神明 Long Ge龙戈Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Female Lead] [Relatively Slow-Burn] [Character Growth] Zhang Xuan is from Jibei Province. According to his grandfather, their family is a direct descendant of the Jiangxi Longhu Mountain lineage. His grandfather named him Zhang Xuan, saying he had the talent to attain the Dao. He hoped Zhang Xuan would become a figure like the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling, and that future generations would call him Zhang Daoxuan. But Zhang Xuan scoffed at the idea and didn’t believe a word of i 21.1kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
12. 12 破 Financial Ruin 破財 A Lowly, Taciturn Scholar鲰生寡言Xianxia154k WordsOngoing Dead... They're dead. The day the secret sealed away for nine years was revealed, everyone in Yunshui Town died! In the past, Cen Ziyu always thought the mountain demon that ate children was just a bizarre tale the adults had made up to scare them. Until one day, he uneasily remembered something. When he was little... he had eaten a person! Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depend on each other. Their life is hard, but the uncles and aunties in Yunshui Town have always been kind to them, ofte 286Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The secret, sealed for nine years, was revealed, and on the day it was unveiled, everyone in Yunshui Town died! Before, Cen Ziyu had always thought that the mountain demon eating children was just a bizarre story made up by adults to scare kids, until that day he remembered something. When he was a child... He had eaten people.

13. 13 大 Great Qin: From the Start, I Use the Seven-Star Lamp to Grant the First Emperor Eternal Life! 大秦：开局以七星灯为始皇长生！ West Lake Water Carrier西湖打水人Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted A down-and-out Daoist cultivator from a later age transmigrates to the Qin Dynasty. From the start, he is mistaken for a wandering charlatan and tasked with helping the First Emperor attain immortality. He assumes he is destined to be one of the hundreds of alchemists buried alive. Who could have known that the Daoist arts of later generations would flourish in this world? All the arts he had once learned but never been able to use now shine in his hands with their former brilliance! He uses the 8.3kReads7.9Score5kShelves

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    A down-on-his-luck Taoist cultivator from a later era unexpectedly transmigrates to the perilous Qin Dynasty. Upon arrival, he's immediately mistaken for a wandering sorcerer and tasked with seeking immortality for the First Emperor—a seemingly suicidal predicament. But he's determined to defy fate! His previously unused Taoist arts flourish on Qin soil. The Seven Stars Life Extension technique grants the First Emperor, Ying Zheng, the opportunity to rewrite history; the Yellow Turban Warrior techniques empower his generals, making the conquest of the six kingdoms a breeze. Watch as he turns the tide, revitalizes Taoism, stabilizes Qin, conquers the world, and ushers in an unprecedented era of legendary Taoist arts!

14. 14 炼 Raising Corpses and Ghosts, Enjoying Wealth in the Mortal World 炼尸养鬼，红尘富贵 Keep the Joy留欢喜Eastern Fantasy667k WordsOngoing [Raising Corpse Ghouls and Ghosts, Living in Worldly Luxury.] [Iron-Clad Corpse, Bronze-Clad Corpse, Silver-Clad Corpse, Gold-Clad Corpse, Corpse Demon.] Ordinary people are born, grow old, fall ill, and die, struggling through the pain of reincarnation. Why should immortals live forever, watching the world change? With his miraculous Yin-Yang Cauldron, Xin Meng absorbs the turbid qi of heaven and earth and turns yin back into yang. He refines zombies and raises female ghosts, embarking on the p 670Reads7.1Score—Shelves
15. 15 港 Hong Kong and Taiwanese Fictional Worlds: First, Cultivating Dark Arts in Uncle Jiu's World 港综诸天：先在九叔世界修炼邪法 I'm Great at Making Instant Noodles我煮泡面有一手Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted The Myriad Worlds, Hong Kong cinema, Uncle Jiu, a body full of defiant bones, cultivating demonic arts, women without commitment. Just have fun. “My name is Wu Zhenxie. I'm thirty-three and live in a rented apartment in Modu. I'm unmarried and work at an internet company, where I clock out at ten every night.” “I don't smoke, and I only drink a little. I go to bed before eleven every night and make sure I get seven hours of sleep.” “Before bed, I drink a glass of warm milk, then do twenty minute 11.7kReads8.2Score687Shelves
16. 16 我 I Run a Clinic in the Abyssal World 我在深渊世界开医馆 Three Cats三只猫Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Hilarious + Medical + Fantasy + Multiple Heroines] In the Abyss, the most chaotic and lawless part of the continent of Aesop, there is a strange medical clinic. Its owner is known as the disgrace of the Calva Medical Academy! A fallen potion-maker! A despicable butcher of a doctor! Yet there is always a long line outside the clinic. A mermaid wants to trade her tail for legs. A goblin wants a new skin. Elves queue up for consultations about their mental health, while giants have no choice but t 8kReads9.0Score903Shelves
17. 17 血 A Boat of Flesh and Blood, Ferrying All Gods and Buddhas 血肉为舟，渡尽神佛 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Xianxia596k WordsOngoing (Demons) (Gods and Buddhas) (Incense Offerings) (Fortune) (Corpse-Liberation Immortals) (Cultivation Through Flesh and Blood) (No System) (Decisive and Ruthless) Three thousand continents, humans, demons, and monsters coexist, sustaining the gods and Buddhas... In troubled times, demons and monsters seek cultivation, devouring countless people. Gods and Buddhas coexist and enjoy the incense offerings, indifferent to the world. 75.5kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

18. 18 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    I've read them all and they're all pretty good; one is finished, and the other two are being serialized.

19. 19 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 211.7kReads9.6Score24.5kShelves

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    Read the first book first, then the second book.

20. 20 拜 I Worship Ghosts, Not Gods; I Honor Evil, Not People! 拜鬼不拜神，尊邪不尊人！ A Wisp of Smoke on Paper一纸轻烟Mystery378k WordsCompleted (The prequel to Ye Ran is coming soon) [Evil Cultivator with No Bottom Line] + [Unorthodox Methods] + [Supernatural Power Fantasy] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [No Female Lead] + [Corpse Refining and Ghost Controlling] + [The writing may be disturbing, and the protagonist is no hero.] When the justice people believe in cannot be served, unorthodox methods find their way in. “Unorthodox methods” has always been a derogatory term. They may not deliver justice, but they can soothe the anger burning 8.3kReads8.4Score716Shelves
21. 21 天 As a Genius, I Specialize in Unorthodox Cultivation 天才的我，专修左道功法 I Want to Be a Couch Potato想成为咸鱼的我Eastern Fantasy518k WordsCompleted The path of martial arts has its limits. Only cultivating immortality can lead to eternity. Liu Sheng is a martial arts prodigy, yet he has no spiritual root. With no choice but to rely on unorthodox cultivation techniques to embark on the path to immortality, he begins a unique journey of cultivation. 326Reads6.1Score—Shelves
22. 22 扎 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺，我身边都是大佬 Jie Yu界玉Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 21.9kReads9.3Score2kShelves
23. 23 未 A Celestial Master from the Future, Drifting Around the Entertainment Industry Until I Lose Contact 未来天师，人在华娱飘到失联 Rainy Night, No Umbrella, jojer雨夜不带伞jojerUrban1.8M WordsOngoing (A semi-alternate-universe entertainment-industry story + multiple heroines + feng shui geomancy and yin-yang mystic arts) My name is Chen Tianfan, a handsome fortune-teller who runs a photo studio by the entrance to Beijing Film Academy. I know a little kung fu, and I’m best at performing rituals and inscribing charms for female celebrities in the entertainment circle, improving their feng shui and luck, and solving all kinds of difficult ailments. People call me Chen Mayi, or Old Chen the Sixt 53.2kReads8.6Score5.2kShelves

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    This book discusses feng shui from the perspective of some entertainment industry gossip.

24. 24 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！ Salty Fish Only Know How to Be Salty咸鱼只会咸Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do 64.6kReads8.6Score5.8kShelves

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    [Cool] Corpse training and ghost control are both demonic cultivation practices. In this urban fantasy, the characters are ruthless and vicious. If this isn't a heretical path, then what is it? Answer me.

25. 25 魔 The Book of Mara 魔罗书 The Wandering Minstrel, General Saddle游吟马鞍将Eastern Fantasy387k WordsCompleted An Eastern fantasy novel of mystery and magic: In an era of chaos, the millennia-old undying demons once sealed away, the Dark Demon, Soul-Eater Demon, Plague Demon, Earth Mother, and others, reappear in the mortal world, coveting the Grandmasters’ sacred tome of wisdom, the Book of Mara, and plotting a dark conspiracy that could destroy heaven and earth... As the powerful Grandmasters travel far and wide to seal away demonic threats, they struggle to uncover the key hidden within the Book of Ma 85Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Various bizarre spells! Eastern fantasy/mysticism novels: They devour people's souls and bodies together, leaving not a drop of blood, not a piece of bone, only an empty city and clothes scattered on the ground…

26. 26 敕 Edict: After the Hour of the Dog 敕令：戌时之后 Silent Stranger陌上無聲Mystery300k WordsOngoing A folk-horror tale: one official dispatch has been held up for three years. The speaker is Shen Yan, a registrar in Bianzhou. The dispatch was held up three months ago, and nobody dared take it on. Of the two who did, one grew a black ring around the back of his neck, while the other lost an eyelid. Three lines were written on the dispatch: Wherever it passes, there will be no rain for three years. After the hour of the Dog, do not enter any place with a threshold. There are only three rules: fi 1.1kReads—Score442Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend a lesser-known but excellent novel 🔥 At the hour of Xu (7-9 PM), all the orifices open, celestial decrees appear in the world, and evil spirits roam the earth, along with countless bizarre rules.

27. 27 恐 Horror Revival: I Become a Paper Doll and Terrify All of Humanity 恐怖复苏：化身纸人，恐吓全人类 Little Zuanfeng小钻风Mystery177k WordsOngoing Zhang Yu wakes up to find he has transmigrated into an age of resurgent horror, where uncanny beings emerge one after another. But he discovers that he has been reborn as a paper effigy, an outsider among the uncanny. After binding himself to a System, he grows by absorbing the fear of all living beings, eventually becoming a great demon king who makes all humanity live in fear. 195Reads7.2Score—Shelves
28. 28 志 A World of Strange Tales: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path 志怪世界，左道修行 Xuanmian Guan轩冕官Xianxia822k WordsOngoing [Monsters] [Gods and Buddhas] [Unorthodox Cultivation] [Supernatural Powers] Spiritual energy has dried up, Mount Buzhou has collapsed, and heaven and earth have fallen into chaos. This world is no longer the immortal mountain paradise of ancient times. It has become a slaughterhouse where unorthodox practices run rampant and humans, ghosts, and monsters live side by side. The path of cultivation is broken, and the sages of old have gone far away. Only a group of unwilling pioneers remain. Under 16.5kReads6.6Score1.5kShelves

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    Unorthodox cultivation, a world rife with demons and monsters, where the protagonist is both decisive and steady in his actions.

29. 29 大 Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Taoist Priest! 大哥，你是警察啊，不是道士！ Mou Zui谋醉Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [If you dislike cutesy, whimpering heroines, read no further] [Also known as: Me, a humble paper effigy maker, and you want me to crack a major case] When Yue Dong went to a telecom service center to cancel his late grandfather’s phone service, the staff gave him a hard time. “Rules are rules. The account holder has to be here in person!” “You have to follow the rules!” Yue Dong laughed in exasperation, then waved his hand and used his paper effigy-making skills to summon his late grandfather. T 69.1kReads9.2Score7.1kShelves
30. 30 吾 I Cultivate Immortality Through Unorthodox Ways 吾于旁门，左道成仙 Luo Lan Loves to Cook爱做饭的罗兰Urban726k WordsCompleted Reborn in a parallel world, Chen Feng joins the Daoist sect as a practitioner of the Left Path after catching a dead fish. At a certain gathering, the sect leaders discuss whether to let rogue cultivators leave the assembly. “I am Daoist Fengdu. Who says practitioners of the Left Path cannot ascend to the Heavenly Gate?!” ...The Soul-Taming Umbrella (Merit Umbrella), the Hundred-Soul Banner (Human Emperor Banner), the Gu-Refining Basin (Treasure-Gathering Basin), and the Spine Sword (Xuanyuan Sw 5.7kReads8.9Score412Shelves

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    This one is alright, but I don't know if it will be discontinued or have a bad ending.

31. 31 全EN Surviving the Misty Apocalypse, I Build a Home with Eldritch Flesh 全民迷雾求生，我用邪神血肉建家 Half an Acre of Sunshine半顷阳光Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsOngoing [Flesh and Bone + Apocalypse + Lovecraftian Survival + Civilization Graveyard + Mass Transmigration + No Romance] When mist shrouded the world and monsters howled outside their windows, all the players huddled and trembled inside their dilapidated shelters. But Bai Yi was teleported onto the face of the Great Being known as the “Lord of Flesh,” where he witnessed a horrific feast as an even more terrifying being devoured a planet of flesh. The fragments of flesh and bone that splattered from th 138.9kReads9.1Score11.8kShelves
32. 32 扎 The Paper Effigy Maker: Paper Figures Become Gods 扎纸匠：纸人成神 Ghost Bailiff of the Living World阳间鬼差Urban182k WordsOngoing The world underwent a tremendous change, and spiritual qi revival began. All kinds of monsters appeared in the human world and wreaked havoc everywhere. Fortunately, humans also awakened all sorts of supernatural abilities, gaining the power to fight back. Wang Ling was an ordinary paper effigy maker until he awakened an ability called “Spirit-Driving Paper Control.” From then on, all kinds of powerful paper spirits came into being. Ferocious beasts, ghosts, supernatural ability users, even the 9Reads6.9Score—Shelves
33. 33 我 I Become a Weird Entity, Controlling Calamities Through Fear 我化身诡异，以恐惧掌控天灾 Birds That Don't Eat Bugs不吃虫的鸟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse984k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + reborn + bizarre evolution + dark villain] Liu Feng was reborn on the day the apocalypse arrived. After learning that he was about to become a bizarre paper doll, he stockpiled a huge amount of paper in advance, securing the resources he needed to become immortal and make minions. When the apocalypse came, he died and transformed into a bizarre monster, becoming a unique being beyond ordinary monsters and Boss-class creatures. Awakened ones who kill bizarre monsters gain a hundred 87Reads6.2Score—Shelves
34. 34 长 Immortal Cultivation: From the Start, I Ran a Coffin Shop and Refined Zombies 长生修仙：开局棺材铺炼僵尸 Jiang Yinglong姜应龙Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Long-life cultivation + time-rewinding cloth + zombie refinement + unorthodox cultivation] After transmigrating to a vast world of immortal cultivation, Ji Changqing uses a time-rewinding cloth to repeatedly return to his youth, improve his aptitude, and make up for his shortcomings. He refines numerous zombies to protect his path, and ultimately becomes an immortal ancestor. “This spirit herb hasn’t been growing long enough... Time-Rewinding Cloth, speed it up by a hundred years...” “Why is th 14.4kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    The themes revolve around unorthodox practices, magic, and other fantastical and supernatural elements, as well as cultivation-related content.

35. 35 惊 Thriller Game: The Paper Dolls I Make Can Slay Gods 惊悚游戏：我扎的纸人可斩神 Chen Duocai陈多财Mystery368k WordsCompleted [Supernatural Revival + Infinite Flow + A Somewhat Mind-Bending Plot] Supernatural phenomena returned, and plants and animals underwent massive evolution. To train a new generation of superpowered individuals, people in the future created countless horror-game instances, hoping players would awaken their powers between life and death and save the world of the future. Ye Qianfan entered the world of horror after choosing to take revenge. He never expected to awaken a superpower in the game, or 177Reads8.5Score—Shelves
36. 36 命 Born with the Fate of an Emperor, and You Say the Empress Took Me as Her Slave? 命格应帝王，你说女帝收我为奴？ Pawn马前卒Eastern Fantasy691k WordsOngoing [Court politics, jianghu, decisive and ruthless, vying for supremacy, spiritual qi revival, Snow in the Wind, invincible, an unconventional empress] True court politics, not fantasy martial arts dressed up as something else. A plot-driven story, not a monster-grinding level-up tale. After transmigrating to an ancient, otherworldly realm, Wei Yuan spent thirty years earning fame and fortune, winning glorious victories single-handedly. The Chen Kingdom even bestowed on him the titles of First-Rank 30Reads7.2Score—Shelves
37. 37 掌 The Ink Master 掌墨师 Wind and Rain语风与雨Mystery109k WordsOngoing A stern warning!!!! All the yang-meridian techniques in this novel come from a handwritten folk copy of the Lu Ban Book, an ancient text that truly exists. Do not try them lightly!!! It all began with my grandfather… He was an old carpenter, now well over eighty. By chance, I happened to open this long-forgotten copy of the Lu Ban Book. It was handwritten, and my first reaction after reading it was confusion, because I couldn’t understand it at all. So I studied it carefully. It recorded many t 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Golden Light Mantra, Purification Mantra, Sea Water Mantra, Life Release Mantra, Rebirth Mantra... A real, handwritten copy of the "Luban Book" will take you to understand a different kind of magical legend.

38. 38 种 Growing Cursed Plants to Survive: Cultivating an Evil God After Reaping Death 种诡求生，从死亡丰收后种植邪神 Flower God Ye花神叶Mystery3.8M WordsCompleted [Unconventional farming, scavenging corpses, burying the dead to grow the strange, hardcore tomb building, slow burn, tons of female ghosts] Everyone transmigrated to a world of filthy soil, where they had to grow the strange to survive. Su Ye had always believed that you reap what you sow. He never expected that in this world of filthy soil, growing a ghost bride could give him a strange wife, while growing a ghost groom could give him a strange husband. Who could resist that kind of temptat 22.9kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
39. 39 诡 Eerie Awakening: My Talent Is Devouring Ghosts 诡异觉醒：我的天赋是吞鬼 Dao Changge道长歌Urban2.5M WordsCompleted (The animated series adaptation, “Eerie Awakening: My Talent Is Ghost Devouring,” is now available. Come watch!) In the vast cosmos, countless planets have each developed their own cultivation systems. Magic, battle aura, mechanical ascension, immortal cultivation, spirits, insectoid races, beastfolk, elves… On every planet, those who cultivate their planet’s primary system to the point of breaking through the realm can enter the greater universe. Here, countless races stand in competition, an 8.7kReads8.2Score859Shelves
40. 40 序 Sequence: I Became a Plague Doctor, and I’m Done Being Human 序列：转职瘟疫医生，我不当人了 preachUrban403k WordsOngoing [Unhinged]+ [Tricking the Campus Beauty]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Long Story]+ [One Female Lead (the tag is wrong, this novel has one female lead)]+ [A Tribute] The strongest member of the Doctor pathway should be the Plague Doctor, Sequence 001. They are the guiding light for humanity when plague runs rampant! But... When everything is clean and sanitary, are they still a beacon? When Chen Yao awakened the Doctor pathway as a Sequence 001 Plague Doctor, everyone knew a menace had arr 1.6kReads8.9Score216Shelves
41. 41 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… 28.4kReads8.4Score3.5kShelves

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    The main focus is on authenticity; the articles are based on the author's real experiences handling issues in the community over the years, offering a wealth of knowledge and practical tips, making them well worth reading.

42. 42 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 36.2kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves

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    This book is for you; it's finished.

43. 43 重 Back to 2008: This World Is All Wrong 重回2008：这个世界不对劲 Brother Tao滔小哥Urban720k WordsCompleted The day he is laid off at thirty-five, Lin Ye is hit by a car and sent back to June 6, 2008, the night before the college entrance exams. He gains access to the “Future Sight” System, which can predict the next thirty years: the toughest exam questions, the four trillion yuan stimulus, Yanjiao housing prices. The future is in his hands. But he gradually realizes that this world isn't quite like the 2008 he remembers. On a rooftop in the dead of night stands a figure in a long robe. In the sunlig 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Book recommendation: *Back to 2008: Something's Wrong with This World*! Chapter 134, "Four Marks": The wellhead marks have become four, each colder than the last, neither able to be contained by ash nor warmed by fire. Zhongcheng delivers the accounts for three acres of land beside the well: reconcile the accounts within three days, or the land will belong to Zhongcheng. The accountant has changed; after forty years of keeping accounts, for the first time, he's guarding someone else's land. Chapter 137 has been updated, don't miss it if you're following the story!

44. 44 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 1kReads—Score200Shelves
45. 45 柜 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 55Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A terrifying read awaits in this hardcore Chinese-style ghost story, *Tianxuan Supernatural Affairs Agency*. The ghosts of an old house wail night after night, a curse gnaws at the bones of those in a deserted village, and eerie creatures lurk in every street and alley. A moment of peace during a casual conversation between master and apprentice is quickly shattered by a deadly trap. Each episode features chilling murders; no filler or plot holes—a must-read for hardcore horror readers.

46. 46 修EN Immortal Cultivation: This Is How the Unorthodox Do It 修仙：旁门左道就是这样的 Fire Cloud Pillar火云柱Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Classical-style cultivation] [No System] [Growth] [The clash between new and old cultivation methods] [The passage of time] [Some farming and management] [No level suppression] [Decisive and ruthless] [Fellow Daoist, rent a set of internal organs and a brain to help you cultivate!] [When you practice the Golden Core, you can dig up your ancestors and have them help you cultivate] [My family has a lineage stretching back ten thousand years, with the bones of a hundred thousand grandmaster martia 147.3kReads8.5Score12.9kShelves

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    The system is quite interesting, and the concept is good.

47. 47 秘 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 95Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 高 High Martial: I Practiced an Evil Art Wrong, Yet Became Invincible 高武：错练邪功，天下无敌 Loves Pork and Eggplant爱吃肉段茄子Urban2.4M WordsOngoing Gao Shu transmigrated to a high-martial world, but for some reason, nightmares tormented him every night. Fortunately, he knew a handsome, kind-hearted, generous man named Brother Huang. Gao Shu: Brother Huang, I often have nightmares. Is there any way to stop them? Brother Huang smiled faintly and pulled out a visualization manual. Gao Shu: Brother Huang, if I practice this visualization method, will I stop having nightmares? Brother Huang only smiled and nodded gently. Gao Shu: Brother H 41kReads7.0Score3.4kShelves

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    These are all good books, you can take a look.

49. 49 诅 The Curse Master: Cautious and Conniving from the Shadows 诅咒师：谨小慎微，背后阴人 Shu Ye书夜Eastern Fantasy970k WordsCompleted [No female lead] Better to stab someone in the back than make a show of yourself in public. After transmigrating to the endlessly warring myriad worlds, Fang Che becomes an unknown nobody in an imperial plane. To survive better, he chooses the curse master profession, the one best suited to striking from the shadows, and uses what he learned before transmigrating to craft all kinds of cursed artifacts. 978Reads6.0Score101Shelves

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    1. The protagonist cultivates unorthodox methods, claiming to be the strongest sorcerer. While others display their prowess in public, he attacks from behind, aiming for a single, fatal blow. His sinister aura is palpable, and with this skill, he has earned immense fame throughout the land.

50. 50 凶 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开，青丝缠人拖入柜 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常18k WordsCompleted The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 40Reads—Score—Shelves

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