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. 51 妖 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ Someone's Coming, Run!有人来了快跑Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 88.2kReads8.8Score9.8kShelves
2. 52 开 From the Start, I Gain the Identity of an Immortal; The More Mysterious I Am, the Stronger I Get 开局获得仙人身份，越神秘越强大 Wu Wuwu吾舞舞吾Eastern Fantasy438k WordsCompleted Li Tian'an transmigrates to a world where the supernatural and the uncanny run rampant. The people here are as helpless as meat on a chopping board. Demons and monsters wreak havoc, and only by sacrificing people to the “gods” can anyone claim a place of refuge. Li Tian'an rides the tide of events, bringing with him a mysterious System from a game he made in his previous life. As its name suggests, the Mysterious System rewards him for staying mysterious. The more mysterious he is, the more powe 3.8kReads7.4Score277Shelves
3. 53 万 The Myriad Phenomena Restoration Bureau 万象修复局 VIP Among VIPs威艾屁中屁Mystery346k WordsOngoing [Urban Mystery + Folk Horror + Unusual Profession + Conceptual Restoration + Ensemble Cast + No System] When a city begins to forget “fire,” when the names of the dead appear on paper effigies, when streets vanish from the map overnight... Some things can be fixed when they break. But what if what's broken is a “concept” shared by all humanity? Shen Yan is an antique restorer and a member of the Bureau of Universal Restoration. He can restore the things this world is forgetting. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Without a system or any special abilities, antique restorer Shen Yan unexpectedly enters the Wanxiang Restoration Bureau. As the city's collective understanding crumbles, a series of bizarre folk tales unfold, building suspense and creating a palpable atmosphere.

4. 54 说 You Call Me a Con Artist? I'll Scatter Your Ashes to the Wind! 说我招摇撞骗？骨灰都给你扬了！ Mr. Bacteria细菌先生Mystery164k WordsOngoing [Shameless Celestial Master] [Ghost Hunting and Case Solving] [Fortune-Telling on the Overpass] [Sweet-Talking and Deceiving] After being reborn, Zhang Yang activates the Shameless Celestial Master System and discovers that he seems to have become entangled in a conspiracy spanning a hundred years... The Seven Evils Corpse Vault, a dilapidated City God temple, a haunted apartment building, a living sacrifice to the River Goddess... Every unusual criminal case turns out to have a connection to 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's really good! The story of the unscrupulous Taoist master, with his unconventional Taoist magic and talismans, and the Northeastern fortune teller's street-side fortune telling—it's all about deception and trickery. It's really good, highly recommended!!

5. 55 天 The Seventy-Two Transformations of Tiangang and Disha 天罡地煞七十二变 Yi Ding易鼎Eastern Fantasy895k WordsOngoing Demons run rampant, and ghosts devour people. Wild dogs dig up graves, fox spirits knock on doors, and eerie spirits wear painted faces! The calamity of heaven and earth has arrived, and all living things are as insignificant as ants. With a manual for slaying demons in hand, Jiang Chen will carve a brighter world out of this dark age! In this life, I ask nothing of the next. I seek only eternal life! 29.1kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves

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   🍀🍀🍀Unorthodox Paths, Bizarre Cultivation 1* Bizarre Cultivation. His unorthodox arts reach the heavens. Lin Hun, a "White Soldier" in the Town of Ghosts, inherited the "Household" Dao. He is proficient in everything from collecting households and sewing corpses to preparing and refining them, driving them away, and burning them. He risked his life to cultivate, obtaining the divine-level unorthodox technique, "The Longevity-Nourishing Gu Method." "The unorthodox arts are the food in the pot, day and night visualization is the fire, daily offerings of longevity are the firewood, nurturing immortal worms called Gu... Immortality." Because of the infusion of time, Lin Hun possessed an endless lifespan. "Cough cough..." (Lin Hun clutched his left chest, his coughs very weak. There was a deep red handprint where his palm rested, a sharp, agonizing pain. It was the mark left by the person who injured him that day.)

6. 56 民 A Strange Man of the Republic 民国奇人 Namo Kasaya Science Buddha南无袈裟理科佛Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The Republic of China was an era of upheaval, teeming with extraordinary people. In those chaotic times, the martial world was vast. As the saying goes, “The heroes of our age emerge amid the world's turmoil; the seven extraordinary figures of the Republic are here.” But who were these seven? There was a Daoist priest who cried, “In prosperous times, Buddhist temples thrive on incense while Daoists hide away in mountain retreats. In troubled times, the Bodhisattvas turn a blind eye, so the Old L 14.6kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
7. 57 一 The Outcast: Master of Maoshan Dark Arts 一人之下：我为茅山邪术师！ The Blind Man Who Doesn't Carry an Umbrella不打伞的瞎子Male-Channel Fanfiction624k WordsOngoing He transmigrates into The Outcast and becomes a Maoshan outcast who has just joined Quanxing. In this turbulent era, Qin Yifan evades the righteous factions hunting him while using forbidden arts to kill Japanese invaders, becoming a master of dark arts! 2.5kReads7.3Score102Shelves

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   Heinous cultivators possess strange abilities.

8. 58 我 I Tour the World to Offer Sacrifices, and All the Gods Bow 我巡天下祀，诸神皆叩首 The Lamp-less Guest Hidden by Candlelight烛隐无灯客Mystery319k WordsOngoing [Chinese Folk Customs + Supernatural Cultivation + Eerie Mystery Cases + A Cast of Human Characters + Mutual Redemption + One Female Lead] A bowl of hot rice suddenly appears in the General’s Shrine, which has been sealed for sixty years. Pei Zhaoye is ordered to open the shrine and inspect it. To his surprise, the statue that has never opened its eyes steps down from the altar and bows before him. “Your sinful god welcomes... Mr. Lu.” But Pei Zhaoye’s surname is not Lu, and he remembers nothing 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The system is novel, and the techniques and stages are different. **Receiving Ashes:** Incense ash is found in the blood; only a simple authority can be borrowed. **Bestowing a Name:** Borrowing a partial divine name; others begin to mistake the cultivator for a god. **Establishing a Shrine:** A shrine forms within the body, capable of housing a second talisman; two divine positions vie for the body. **Performing a Ritual:** Expanding the ritual domain; everyone within its range is bound by the rules of the ritual. **Descent:** Allowing a portion of a deity's personality and form to pass through the cultivator.

9. 59 道 Taoist Invades the Myriad Worlds: From the Start, I Craft a Paper Celestial Court by Hand 道士入侵万界：开局手搓纸天庭 Gentleman Among Flowers花间君Eastern Fantasy673k WordsCompleted A parallel civilization on Blue Star, a world ruled by an alliance of Daoist sects. This is the story of a young Taoist who uses paper effigy-making to craft a paper Heavenly Court by hand, then leads paper soldiers and generals to conquer the Myriad Worlds! 45Reads6.3Score—Shelves
10. 60 我 My Ability Is Getting Official Papers 我的能力是办证 Zhang Nian Zeizi张念贼子Urban582k WordsCompleted [Nonsensical male lead + sharp-tongued banter + shameless + greedy for money] A new era of spiritual qi revival On Awakening Day, everyone else awakens lightning, fire, or a saintly physique. Lu Xiaoman looks down at the slightly glowing, watermarked A4 sheet sprouting from his fingertip and falls into deep thought. [Mandatory Notice of Instrument Calibration and Inspection] Reason: An investigation has found that the indicated value error of this awakening device far exceeds the permitted range 1.1kReads6.7Score139Shelves
11. 61 十 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 Wolf Fang Potato狼牙土豆啊Rural Life1.8M WordsOngoing A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 304Reads—Score101Shelves

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12. 62 长 Immortality Begins with Devouring Demons 长生从吞食妖魔开始 Teenage Sword God少年剑神Eastern Fantasy117k WordsOngoing [No System, Invincible Fantasy Power Trip] The young Lu Ming arrived in this world with a bronze ghost mask. As a Fangxiang, he devours ghosts and demons, captures souls and consumes spirits, then plunders the “years of cultivation” of the world's monsters to infuse into his martial arts. [Devour a painted succubus, gain five years of cultivation] [Year One: You begin diligently practicing the Soul-Severing Saber...] [Year Two: Your saber skills improve, and you comprehend the first move, Windsp —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 63 诡 Strange Creatures: I Transmigrated Into a Paper Effigy Maker 诡怪：我穿越成了纸扎匠 That Year, That Summer, Those Cicadas那年那夏那蝉Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural horrors + an uncanny family + play the pig to eat the tiger + behind-the-scenes scheming + an army of paper effigies] Su Yu wakes up to find he has transmigrated into a semi-industrialized world where supernatural horrors are part of everyday life. (It's roughly equivalent to the Republican era: big cities are bright and bustling, while villages are still stuck in ancient times.) Lost and alone, he is taken in by Uncle Seven, the owner of a paper effigy shop. During a supernatural 7.9kReads8.8Score727Shelves
14. 64 神 A Supernatural World: From the Start, I Contract a Stunning Beauty 神诡世界，开局契约绝色美妇 Eraser Destroyer橡皮毁灭者Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines + power fantasy] [American horror + Hong Kong horror + zombies...] Qian Jin unexpectedly obtains the demonic treasure, the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, and arrives in a world of spirits and horrors. Here, yin and yang overlap, order has collapsed, and the people live in misery. It is a paradise for ghosts and monsters, and a hell for ordinary people… When he encounters vampires, werewolves, witches, demons, ogres… as well as the ugly doll Annabelle, Halloween icon Michael, th 8.8kReads7.0Score778Shelves
15. 65 仙 The Unorthodox Path to Immortality 仙道旁门 Yang Jumei羊苴咩Eastern Fantasy266k WordsOngoing Are the ordinary mortals and wandering cultivators we see everywhere really just background characters to be killed off at a whim? Are the Blood Dao Golden Cores of unorthodox sects truly beyond saving? The Blood Shadow Sect, an unorthodox faction; a mysterious gourd that can concentrate and purify blood; and an older man with poor aptitude. Come, take a look at Yang Ji’s adventure! [I’ve been reading web novels for over a decade, and cultivation novels rarely have much to say about ordinary mor 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Blood + Shadow, Unorthodox Paths, Mortal Personality] Ding ding, the unorthodox cultivation novels I've read haven't been very satisfying. Leaving comments for the authors even got me flamed by fellow readers: "If you're so good, why don't you do it yourself?" Now I'm here to write about unorthodox cultivation novels that I approve of, hoping everyone will enjoy them. [Eating melon seeds][Eating melon seeds][Eating melon seeds]

16. 66 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 80.6kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves
17. 67 梦 Proving the Dao in Dreams: From the Start, I Scheme Against Cultivators 梦中证道，开局算计修仙者 Dreammaking Expert造梦专家Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, he spends ten years searching for a way forward, yet can barely make any progress. Fortunately, he has a golden finger that lets him weave dreams. So he painstakingly lays his plans, finally waiting for cultivators to arrive. From then on, he cultivates in dreams and proves the Dao in dreams! He turns illusion into reality and ultimately becomes an unrivaled Immortal Venerable. 21.2kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves

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    The first book was actually quite good, but I don't know why nobody read it. Judging from the rating and the title, the second book... I'm just saying the quality is absolutely guaranteed. [Smirk]

18. 68 九 Uncle Nine: Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Smoking Black! 九叔：你这人皇帆，怎么冒黑烟！ The Ma Clan VS Picking Chrysanthemums Beneath the Eastern Fence马氏VS采菊东篱下Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted You raise ghosts and refine corpses, and you tell me you're from the Maoshan Sect? Su Jun stared at his cheap master in shock, his face full of disbelief. His eyes seemed to say, Are you messing with me? Master: “Wild Maoshan is still Maoshan!” After transmigrating into Uncle Nine's world, he becomes the disciple of a villainous feng shui master. The feng shui master plots against him, making him a cannon fodder pawn in the scheme to take down Uncle Nine. See how Su Jun defies fate and changes h 148Reads6.8Score—Shelves
19. 69 我 I Work at a Funeral Parlor as a Bone Demon, Looting Corpses and Practicing Evil Arts 我在义庄做骨魔，摸大尸，练邪功 A Sigh at Being Alive有生叹Eastern Fantasy355k WordsOngoing [An unconventional path to longevity + folk legends and strange tales + the world of martial heroes + everyday cultivation] Chen Sinian opened his eyes and discovered that he had become a rotting corpse, nothing but bones. In a world full of supernatural weirdness, if people can bully you, even dogs can bully you, right? Luckily, he stumbled upon a stroke of good fortune and found that he could retrieve all kinds of rewards from corpses. Bone cultivation arts, skin-painting techniques, Bian Que 170Reads7.2Score—Shelves
20. 70 诡 The Immortal Fate of the Uncanny Way 诡道仙缘 Little White Lamb一只小白羊Eastern Fantasy419k WordsOngoing “The world is a sea of suffering. The mighty look upon it and see three thousand fish-dragons in its depths. Some lurk in the abyss, some soar to the Ninth Heaven, and others drift with the waves. If one of them catches the attention of the mighty and is fished up, it may gain an immortal opportunity. One day, it may escape the sea of suffering and attain a great destiny!” Jiang Ning stood on the shore of the sea of suffering. He set down the bamboo scroll in his hand and smiled bitterly. Countl 962Reads9.0Score101Shelves
21. 71 诡 The Heretical Path 诡道邪修 Luoluo's Library落落的图书馆Eastern Fantasy271k WordsOngoing [Uncanny cultivation + Cthulhu + decisive and ruthless + intelligent protagonist] The uncanny has descended upon this world, and demons run rampant. Even the path of cultivation is steeped in an eerie atmosphere. For ordinary people to cultivate, they must alter their bodies until they become inhuman. Foundation Establishment cultivators must dig out their own spiritual roots and implant them in other things. Only after breaking through the Foundation Establishment stage can they retrieve them. —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 拥 After Gaining the Power of Witchcraft 拥有巫蛊之力后 I Have Thirty Million我有三千万Modern Romance255k WordsOngoing The book just got its rating, so it’s very low for now TT. It’ll go up later. [Occasional unhinged writing + power fantasy + strong female lead + a bit of infinite-flow + no romance] One day, Jiang Mo unexpectedly discovered that she had awakened a special ability. Witchcraft? One of the nine strongest known abilities? Was she really that powerful?! With the conviction that anyone who doesn’t want to be the world’s strongest awakened one isn’t a proper awakened one, Jiang Mo joined the Seventh S 5kReads8.4Score725Shelves

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    [Learned][Explored] In modern society, the female protagonist suddenly awakens [heart] the power of witchcraft, attracting the attention of a special department, who recruits her. Initially, she only has the ability to maliciously reflect attacks, but other abilities are gradually unlocked. She usually goes to places where strange events occur to enter strange spaces and solve the source of the events.

23. 73 我 Leveling Up in a Haunted World 我在诡异世界加点升级 Piercing the Stars贯穿星辰Mystery214k WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines + System + decisive and ruthless + leveling up + reborn + transmigrate + supernatural revival + invincible + lone wolf, no team + spiritual qi revival + special abilities + slaying gods] Hao Tian transmigrates into a world where the supernatural is returning and awakens a stat-allocation leveling System. From the start, all he has is an ancestral beheading saber. He keeps allocating points and leveling up, killing vengeful ghosts, supernatural creatures, monsters, demons, and 65Reads8.2Score—Shelves
24. 74 我 Let's Crush Them with Our Bare Hands, Wizards! 我们肉身横推吧！魔法师 King Goujian, Jianjian越王勾见见Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Farming] + [Territory Expansion] + [Epic Western Fantasy] These days, who in their right mind uses magic to fight? You need a blade, direct and simple: one slash to break their guard, two to draw blood, three to end their life! From an ordinary man, he cuts his way to the very top, shatters the old world, slaughters the false gods, and carves out a bright new sky. He leaves Hell empty of demons. What does it mean to guard the gates of Hell? What does it mean to defend the mortal realm? As long 669Reads6.5Score105Shelves
25. 75 克 Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying: I Have Extraordinary Wisdom 克苏鲁跑团：我有极致的智慧 Silver MoonLilith银月LilithMystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Cthulhu Roleplaying] [Mystery] [Infinite Flow] [Plot Twists] [No Golden Finger] [No Female Lead] What matters most in a roleplaying game? The strength to take on ten opponents at once? The wisdom to notice the smallest details? The determination to never give up? Or the luck to always escape danger? When Lu Nanke woke up, he found himself inside a roleplaying game world with 500 attribute points to distribute among his eight stats. After a brief moment of thought, Lu Nanke resolutely put ev 15.9kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
26. 76 五 The Age of the Five Turbidities: I Can Ignore the Costs of Cultivation 五浊恶世：我能豁免修炼代价 Three Thoughts at Night夜间三思Mystery300k WordsOngoing With the Qing court gone, the warlords gorged themselves! The lands of the East fell into a long era of warlord rule, and before long, famine, plague, and the ravages of war had engulfed the whole country. It was a time of the Five Turbidities, an evil age when people were cruel, abandoned the path of virtue, held crooked views, and embraced heresy. No living thing escaped harm. Cultivators had no pure energy to feed on. One after another, they were polluted in body and mind by the roiling turbi 9Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    In this degenerate age, those who practice the defiled teachings and adhere to the precepts are all practicing unorthodox methods. Because there is no pure energy in the world, they can only cultivate defiled methods, which are incredibly powerful and difficult to kill. They are extremely resilient. However, if a practitioner breaks the precepts, they will become a demon.

27. 77 仙 The Immortal Fetus Mutant 仙胎异种 Jian Hanshan剑寒衫Eastern Fantasy457k WordsOngoing This is a grotesque world controlled by “immortals.” There are immortal pills grown in hearts, where flesh and blood serve as the soil; bone-ash baby formula made by burning corpses; and rich-blood immortal fruits growing from flesh. This is a savage immortal realm that is disgusting, diseased, ugly, and deformed. “I am an aberrant immortal fetus, an apocalyptic calamity that feeds on immortals. My name is Chen Yang, and I’ve had the good fortune to arrive in this filthy, sinister savage immorta 1.7kReads8.8Score133Shelves
28. 78 开 An S-Rank Horror from the Start, but They Give Me a C-Rank Talent? 开局S级怪谈，但给我C级天赋？ Pale Era苍白纪元Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Endless Twists + Wild Ideas and Clever Logic + Mild Horror + Protagonist and Villains Are Both Smart] [This is absolutely not a mindless power fantasy. If you don't like the first instance, go ahead and curse me out.] [This isn't a traditional rule-based horror story. The horrors can think and are intelligent, so readers who prefer traditional rule-based horror should steer clear.] Horrors run rampant, and strange tales are everywhere. Beneath every shadow may lurk an unknown t 141.1kReads8.9Score14.1kShelves
29. 79 神 Mysteries, the Path to Immortality, and an Angler 神秘，仙路，钓鱼佬 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted (A xianxia take on the Sequence genre, a schemer, a mastermind behind the scenes, and a battle of wits. Also updating: From the Start: A Broken Jade Peers into Immortal Secrets, The Terrifying Path of Immortal Cultivation, The Path of the Unorthodox Immortal, and The Eerie Path of Immortality.) Twelve mysterious immortal paths, one hundred and eight ranks of immortal status, forging a mysterious immortal! … Su Changsheng transmigrates to another world and spends ten years as a beggar, with Old 2.3kReads8.8Score134Shelves

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    These are all unorthodox, bizarre novels [sending hearts] ① The protagonist obtains a killing system, killing monsters or other things to gain skills [smirking] ② This one is very good; it incorporates Cthulhu elements, the idea that everything has a price, and elements of Lord of Mysteries. The following books are all similar [licking screen]

30. 80 宿 Dorm Survival: I Was Pulled into the Management Chat 宿舍求生，我被拉进了管理群 Rolling Eggs翻滚的蛋蛋Mystery4.7M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + no saintly heroine + System + survival + satisfying read] When Chen Bei woke up, he found himself in a dormitory survival game, bound to a dorm room. During the day, players had to venture out to gather supplies, grow stronger, and fortify their dorms. When night fell, all kinds of eerie and dangerous creatures appeared. The only way to survive was to hide inside the dorm. People and their dorms lived or died together! Unlike the others, Chen Bei had gained access to the game's 106.9kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves

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    The first book is a cultivation novel with a seemingly unappealing title, but it's undeniably excellent. The second book, judging from its title alone, is incredibly bizarre—it increases cultivation by cannibalism.

31. 81 恐 In a World of Horror, I Become a Sage of Confucianism and Daoism 恐怖世界，我儒道成圣 Ten Thousand a Day一天一万Mystery730k WordsCompleted Horror returns, strange forces run rampant, and monsters of every kind emerge one after another. People of this age try to fight the uncanny with the uncanny, but only end up poisoning themselves to quench their thirst. As the world lies in darkness, as if plunged into an abyss; as the great edifice teeters on the verge of collapse and the arrival of hell draws near, someone holds up a bright lamp and says: I have a bright lamp, and its name is the Way of the Confucian Sages. May it pierce the e 6kReads7.8Score239Shelves

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    Take a look, there's bound to be one you like! [Learned][Learned] The first book is about a scholar who encounters a ghost, cultivates righteousness, and follows the path of Ning Caichen. [Drooling] The second book is about a strange phenomenon that occurred on the day of his birth. Many people saw hundreds of ragged people carrying a huge black coffin towards the forbidden area in the back mountain.

32. 82 贫 This Daoist Only Knows a Little Magic 贫道只会一点小道法 Stray Dog Under the Overpass天桥下的流浪狗Urban367k WordsOngoing [Urban Fantasy + Cultivation + Lighthearted + One Female Lead + Not Pure Wish Fulfillment + Clash Between Chinese and Foreign Gods + Schemes of Higher-Dimensional Gods] Earth is a bug. Humanity is something that needs to be wiped out. The gods from beyond the stars descend in force, intent on carving up Huaxia and even destroying the Blue Star. Just as their arrogance reaches its peak, A blade of cold light tears through the clouds. No figure appears, only the chilling edge of a three-pointed, d 21Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! The male lead knows Taoist magic, it's very good! [Cool] Zhou Yi looked at the ancient Chinese immortals and gods standing side by side, and gripped the peach wood sword in his hand tightly. "Since you are determined to invade, then I will annihilate your ambitions!"

33. 83 活 The Path to Immortality for the Living Dead 活死人的长生路 Blooming Alone孤独盛开Eastern Fantasy225k WordsOngoing [No romance for the female lead] [No cultivation realms] [Villain protagonist] [Occasional poetry] “So what if I died? Isn’t using my own corpse and soul to return from the dead still borrowing a corpse to revive myself?” The living must know how to scheme, while the dead must follow the rules. Li Huo happens to do both. Everyone, whether human or ghost, calls him wicked. They don’t know this is the way for the dead to seek life. “Want to become an immortal? First, learn how to con people!” But 5Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 84 御 Beast Taming: Evolution by Sequence 御兽，序列进化 Daylight Reader白昼读者Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [No System + No Academy Setting + Bloodline Research + A New Beast-Taming Style with Wizards] No matter how powerful your beasts are, a single bullet can still take down their tamer. No problem. We have class advancement. [Ferocious Beast Knight] → [War Knight] → [Radiant Knight]. Bound together in life and death, sharing honor and disgrace. [Phantom Beastmaster] → [Arms Master] → [Elemental Annihilator]. Command the elements and attack with spells. [Herder] → [Legion Commander] → [Totem Master] 10.2kReads9.1Score813Shelves
35. 85 偷 Stealing a Corpse to Borrow a Life 偷尸借命 Fake Cigarettes假烟Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted The year I was born, strange signs appeared in the sky. That day, many people saw hundreds of ragged prisoners in shackles carrying a huge black coffin toward the forbidden ground behind the mountain. Ten years later, a fortune-telling monk came to our village. He said I had been dead for ten years, and that I was borrowing my life from a corpse. He said I wouldn't live much longer. But before I could die, he suddenly dropped dead. The next day, however, his body, already buried, mysteriously ap 7.5kReads7.8Score915Shelves
36. 86 灰EN Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 Anti-Static防静电Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 90.1kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
37. 87 我 I Have a Book of Ghosts and Gods 我有一本鬼神册 Always Offline一直关机Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted My new work, Artifact Sequence, is out! You can find 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! 12.7kReads8.2Score837Shelves
38. 88 海EN One Piece: The Rampaging Volcano 海贼之暴走的火山 Braised Pisces红烧双鱼Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Protagonist: Sakazuki (Akainu)]+ [Marine-Centric] [Subordinates: Enel, Bullet, Kizaru, Kuzan, and other admirals...] In the end, the entire world will submit to the firepower of the Marines. No exceptions. (Everyone gets wiped out)... P.S. The Marines will purge the world in the finale. Saints and people who just want to watch the world burn, stay away. The later parts get pretty brutal. It's hard to watch the pirates you like get chopped into mincemeat, you know? 8.3kReads9.5Score502Shelves
39. 89 七 I Became a Ghost Officer at Seven, and Now the Supernatural Has Arrived? 七岁刚成鬼差，诡异就降临了？ Invincible Little Fire Dragon of the Eight Wilds八荒无敌小火龙Mystery372k WordsOngoing (Supernatural horrors + horror + ghost officers + dungeon instances + teammates + showing off and face-slapping + invincible protagonist + pets + little ones) The supernatural horrors will descend in three months. Seven-year-old Chu Ge wants to gain power to protect his family and his country, so, encouraged by his supernatural companions, he becomes a junior ghost officer. Since he’s just a little one, the ghost officers are willing to bring him along, but little Chu Ge has to catch ghosts on h 403Reads9.0Score100Shelves
40. 90 道 Being a Taoist Is a Profession, Not a Human Mutation 道士就是个职业，不是人类变异 The Hesitant Arbiter犹豫的裁决者Eastern Fantasy721k WordsOngoing Frozen for a thousand years, he awakens at last. But the world he sees is overrun by demons and monsters, transformed into a living hell. Humanity struggles to survive like ants. Most tragic of all, the world has no idea the Daoist sects even exist. People have turned their backs on the Dao! Hou Lang, a candidate disciple of the Daoist sects, has no choice but to shoulder the banner of their revival... 99Reads8.1Score—Shelves
41. 91 穿 I Transmigrated to Another World and Survive by Unorthodox Means 穿越异世的我靠旁门左道苟活 Red Dragon hx White Dragon红中hx白板Eastern Fantasy475k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world, I became the weakest baron on the frontier. My father died in battle, my territory lies in ruins, three apprentices covet his legacy, and the Church of the Seven Gods hunts heretics everywhere. Born with blocked meridians, I cannot cultivate orthodox battle aura or divine arts. I am destined to be a useless wretch, trampled by anyone who pleases. At the brink of despair, the blood-red jade pendant my mother left behind awakened, unlocking a forbidden legacy 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Unorthodox methods, rebirth, Western fantasy, multiple female protagonists, transmigrating to another world, achieving immortality through unorthodox methods.

42. 92 捡 I Found a Manual for Evil Cultivation, and Now I Draw Talismans and Refine Corpse Puppets in the City 捡到邪修手册，我在都市画符炼尸 Four Ounces Move a Thousand Pounds千钧四两Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Raising Corpses and Ghosts] [Urban Cultivation] [Unorthodox Cultivator] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Read It as Cultivation, Not the Supernatural] Dissect a ghost mother, use forbidden arts to seek wealth! Down on his luck, Feng Jie taught himself forbidden arts using a notebook left behind by an unorthodox cultivator. After capturing a "ghost mother" alive, he became a ghost dissector! He used ghost blood to draw a wealth-attracting talisman, but accidentally stumbled into a ghost market and embark 36.1kReads8.0Score4.2kShelves

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    This is pretty good.

43. 93 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, a Weasel Demands a Title 惊悚游戏：开局黄皮子讨封 Old Fat Sheep老肥羊Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Thriller] + [System] + [Infinite Flow] + [Comedy] + [Teammates] Note: There are teammates. The protagonist isn’t a lone wolf. The protagonist, Chang Sheng, signs a contract with the Great Sage, Equal of Heaven, Sun Wukong, and becomes one of many participants in a Thriller game. By a stroke of luck, he awakens the Annihilate-Everything System. Slay monsters and evil spirits to unlock all kinds of powerful abilities. Demon-slaying, immobilization, fire-breathing, sword-flying… Astonishingly, the 1.4kReads7.9Score123Shelves
44. 94 我 I Grind Experience Across the Myriad Heavens! 我在诸天刷阅历！ Your Highness Yun云殿下Male-Channel Fanfiction651k WordsCompleted [Myriad Worlds] [Gain points by accumulating experience!] [Transmigration] [Lu Quan] [Techniques: Five Animal Frolics (Mastered)...] [Secondary Skills: Archery (Mastered)...] [Inner Landscape: Jade Purity (0%) Outer Landscape: Gate of Time and Space] [Experience: 77] Lu Quan transmigrates to the late Qing and early Republican era, becomes a disciple of Liu Ruyi of the hidden Maoshan lineage, and cultivates the Dao in pursuit of immortality. Starting world: Uncle Jiu's world! Planned worlds after 9.5kReads8.5Score377Shelves
45. 95 九 Uncle Nine: I Became Daoist Master Qianhe and Shook the Taoist World 九叔：我成了千鹤道长，威震道门 Liu Tan柳檀Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I was reborn as Qian He, a guy who only plays in Peak matches! I never expected to get a Peak Match System. I show off and soar to the top, then shake the cultivation world and become the ruler of the Daoist sect! Qian He: “I’m playing Peak matches? No, you’re the one playing a Peak match!” Shi Jian: “What? Is this really the Qian He I know? His lightning is even more terrifying than mine?” Si Mu: “Junior Brother Qian He, and you still say you’re not cheating?” Uncle Jiu: “Junior Brother Qian He 5.3kReads8.1Score346Shelves

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    That feels good. [Smirking]

46. 96 人 I Became a Monster, and My Girlfriend Burned 30 Million for Me 人成诡异，女友给我烧三千万 That Fish in the Sky天上那条鱼Mystery628k WordsCompleted [Supernatural Revival]+ [Wild Imagination]+ [Horror Descends]+ [Eerie Tales]+ [Tattoos]+ [Malevolent Gods]+ [The Underworld] “Doctor, do you think it’s possible that I’m really dead?” “In my dream, I saw a woman standing by my grave, calling my name as she burned paper offerings.” “She said I was dirt-poor when I was alive, so now that I’m dead, I should make sure to enjoy myself.” “When I woke up, there were thirty million by my bed...” Song Zhong dreamed of a beautiful woman burning paper mone 5.2kReads8.6Score271Shelves
47. 97 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 154.1kReads9.3Score16.1kShelves
48. 98 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 538.5kReads9.5Score43.9kShelves
49. 99 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: The Brawny Night Watchman 灵气复苏：莽夫打更人 Wind and Snow风雪灬Urban796k WordsCompleted A blood moon appeared a thousand years ago, and the gates of the underworld swung open. Martial artists, sword cultivators, imperial censors, and Taoist priests rushed into battle, one after another. With humanity on the brink, the Watchmen, who cultivated only their souls, descended the mountain, wielding soul-suppressing gongs in their left hands and soul-suppressing hammers in their right to pacify the chaotic age. At the end of the great war, billions of alien races offered themselves in sac 2.4kReads8.8Score235Shelves
50. 100 那 Those Years I Worked Part-Time Down Below 那些年，我在下面兼职的日子 Qi Yi亓宜Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Guiding souls, stories, healing, retribution, one heroine] Ox-Head and Horse-Face: “Hey, kid, how about a 300,000-yuan annual salary for a part-time job in the underworld?” Chen Yi, who earns 4,000 yuan a month: “I’m in! I’m in!” Once he started, he was soon drinking and laughing with underworld marshals from all walks of life, and raising cups with the Four Great Judges as if they’d known each other forever. He even passed the civil service exam and landed a coveted government job in the huma 34kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves

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