Sweet Paranormal Ghost-Hunting Stories 灵异捉鬼甜文

1. 1 玄 The Metaphysics Master Shakes the World After Coming Down from the Mountain 玄学大佬下山后轰动全世界 Gathering the Galaxy一揽星河Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + satisfying read + sweet romance] Everyone in the industry says the newly reunited eldest daughter of the Su family is a menace. One sentence from her can break up a marriage, shatter a family, drive someone into bankruptcy, or land them in jail, so people steer clear of her. What’s more, she has opened a Taoist temple and does fortune-telling, face-reading, feng shui, sells talismans, and catches ghosts. She’s done every sort of scam imaginable! Later, word gets around that the elde 78kReads9.5Score12kShelves

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   The first book, "A Rare Stepmother," is quite good; the whole storyline is very funny. The third book is also quite enjoyable, with plenty of romance. The second and fourth books don't have a romantic pairing, but each storyline has both humorous and touching moments. I personally found them quite good. Reading is about relieving stress and having fun. Each book has its own unique characteristics! Those interested can check them out.

2. 2 玄 The Metaphysics Master Eats Her Own Gossip Every Day 玄学大佬每天都在吃自己的瓜 Lousy Uncle辣鸡的uncleModern Romance435k WordsCompleted (Metaphysical, no romance, feel-good story, no logic, with showbiz elements, though the heroine won’t enter showbiz) Shen Yu, a great survivalist, was forced into seclusion when a cataclysm struck and the Heavenly Dao perished. By the time she ventures out again, the world has changed. Phones? Surveillance cameras? Airplanes? Cannons? Good heavens, this world is even more dangerous than the cultivation world! No need to panic. She’ll quietly cultivate and keep a low profile until she’s invincibl 7kReads9.3Score703Shelves
3. 3 下 After Coming Down from the Mountain, the Metaphysics Master Turns the Capital Upside Down 下山后，玄学大佬搞疯了全京城 Demon on the Summit云巅上的妖Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yaoyao’s new novel, "After Being Reborn, I Make a Living for My Family by Telling Fortunes on Live Streams": Chu Ci transmigrates, apparently to a parallel world. Her new family is bankrupt, her loved ones are dead, and they’re one hundred million in debt. Her mother is in a psychiatric hospital, and her older brother has a broken leg. It’s hell mode from the start, but metaphysical arts powerhouse Chu Ci rolls up her sleeves and gets back to her old trade: telling fortunes on live streams! Come 465Reads9.1Score107Shelves
4. 4 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Female Ghost Is Anxious About Her Looks 直播算命：女鬼她容貌焦虑了 Hua Qingqing华卿卿Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Live Fortune-Telling: Your Dad’s Been Running Around Naked Down There for Three Years [No romance, livestreaming, fortune-telling, episodic stories] Lin Qingwan transmigrates into a book while attending a metaphysics lecture and reading a tearjerker. She becomes the poor, lovesick heroine who loses a kidney, a leg, and her sight, goes bald, yet stubbornly survives to get a happy ending with the male lead. After waking up to find her home completely bare, Lin Qingwan returns to her 5kReads9.2Score737Shelves
5. 5 绝 The Stunning Young Heavenly Master’s Daily Face-Slapping 绝色小天师打脸日常 Give It a Persimmon Try柿柿就试试Modern Romance438k WordsCompleted Tang Yici is the youngest disciple of a mystic sect, born with a Heavenly Eye that lets her see the realms of yin and yang. But when she turns twenty-two, her master reads her fate and tells her she must guide a hundred thousand restless spirits, or she will never set foot on the Road to the Underworld or cross the River of Forgetfulness. With no other choice, she has to embark on the path of a Celestial Master. She discovers that every spirit has a tale of love and hatred behind it. Watch as th 899Reads9.4Score145Shelves

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   Wow! This is absolutely amazing! 👍 The person who chose it has great taste! 🎉

6. 6 第 The Ninety-Ninth Bride 第九十九位新娘 Surely the Celestial Immortal Is Drunk Tonightz应是天仙狂醉zFantastical Romance345k WordsOngoing "Ninety-eight brides. Every last one of them rotted here. You won't escape." All 98 brides were screwed, and I'm unlucky number 99! I wandered into a cursed place while scouting locations and landed myself a crazy, white-haired husband. The first time we met, he grabbed me by the throat and threatened to burn my whole family if I didn't obey! Later, he stole offerings from other people, snatched my milk tea pearls, knocked on my window in the middle of the night to keep me company, and held me w 310Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend this book.

7. 7 狐 The Fox Who Bewitched My Heart 狐惑我心 Meeting the Red Silk邂红绸Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + Ghost Marriage + Feng Shui + Devoted Husband + Male Rivals] My stepmother and younger sister teamed up to sell me to northern Myanmar, where I was to serve as a living lotus offering to an evil god. By day, I was beaten and forced to do hard labor. Every night, I had to spend hours entangled with a red-robed, silver-haired man. He said we had made a promise in a previous life, and forced me to marry him in a wedding ceremony at a Fox Immortal Temple. But I knew the red-robed man was 1kReads8.2Score107Shelves

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   The male lead is incredibly doting on his love interest, and the ghost-hunting plot is also very exciting, with each event intricately linked and no cliffhangers.

8. 8 二 On the Second Day of the Second Month, I Marry the Dragon King 二月初二，嫁龙王 Meeting the Red Silk邂红绸Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since I turned eighteen, I’ve had shameful erotic dreams every night. In them, I spend day and night entwined with a man dressed in black, with dark hair. My grandmother, the last shaman in the village, said I was the reincarnation of a deer spirit. In my previous life, I sealed an evil river dragon with a virgin’s blood; in this life, I was destined to live alone, and must never break my vow of chastity! On the second day of the second lunar month that year, as the dragon raised its head, 8.2kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
9. 9 与 Married to a Snake 与蛇为妻 Meeting the Red Silk邂红绸Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The fourteenth day of the seventh month, an auspicious day. The Snake Immortal is taking a bride. All bystanders must keep away. I was born unlucky. My mother died in childbirth, and I stopped breathing, too. My grandmother found a Snake Immortal to breathe life into me, but a patch of python-scale patterns appeared over my heart. When I was eight, a man in a dark jade robe came before me. He told me that he would come to marry me ten years later. In the blink of an eye, ten years had nearly pas 4.4kReads9.1Score500Shelves
10. 10 女 A Female Ghost Is Clinging to Me? Better Cling to Her! 女鬼缠身？反抱她大腿！ Tale of the Strange Star奇星记Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No System, one heroine, ghost wife, yin-yang master, urban, supernatural, lighthearted comedy] A night spent beside a lonely grave, and the tomb’s occupant latches on. After paying respects to my grandfather tonight, I encountered something utterly absurd: I actually saw a ghost! These days, I’m afraid of being poor, and I’m afraid of dying! On a whim, after we couldn’t agree on anything, I got into a fight with the ghost and even slept on a lonely grave for the whole night. After that, one st 3.4kReads8.2Score323Shelves

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    Single female lead, Ghost Wife, highly recommended 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

11. 11 以 A Light in Your Name 以你之名的光 Wujia五加Mystery153k WordsCompleted She suffered from childhood: her family was broken apart, her father was indifferent and her mother distant. After moving in with her grandmother, she learned the arts of the strange and mysterious, miraculous medicine, and the art of reading people’s fortunes and misfortunes! Her doting senior brother helps her level up through life. The powerful, clingy, devoted male lead would climb to the heavens or descend to the underworld for her. And there’s an adorable, lively little fox who worries him —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is powerful, clingy, and devoted, protecting the female lead with unwavering love. The female lead's senior brother possesses profound Taoist magic, helping her gain experience points every day as they hunt ghosts and demons along the way, redeeming a ghost in chapters 1-3! It's sweet enough!

12. 12 这 Who'd Have Thought This Guy Was a Ghost-Catching Taoist Master? 这货居然是捉鬼天师 Peng Baiyu Is Not a Fish彭摆鱼不是鱼Mystery441k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Yang, is a gifted Taoist with a fragment of Emperor Fengdu's soul hidden within him. He has trained in the mountains since childhood, and Black and White Impermanence are his childhood friends. One day, after blowing up his master's alchemy furnace out of sheer boredom, he is kicked off the mountain to gain experience. At the foot of the mountain, he meets his martial uncle. On the way, he hears that the Taoist world is holding a new disciple tournament, so he heads there t 1.4kReads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Think ghost hunting is a creepy, hardcore adventure? This guy's got the comedy and thriller twist! He's ostensibly a rookie exorcist sent down the mountain by his master for training, but he's actually the reincarnation of the Fengdu Emperor. Haunted villas, disrupted feng shui, monsters causing trouble? He'll just have to catch them! A series of bizarre and fantastical events unfold, from the starting village to the pinnacle of the Three Realms. He levels up, fights monsters, and finds love and friendship along the way. The plot is fast-paced and engaging, a perfect blend of humor and suspense—you won't want to stay up all night to watch!

13. 13 九 Uncle Nine: I Copy Traits, and Ren Tingting Begs Me in Tears to Marry Her 九叔，复制词条任婷婷哭着求嫁 The Three Elbows of Old Wu, I Say我说老乌的三肘候Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Zombie manipulation, humorous traits, recruiting disciples across film and TV worlds] Lin Fan transmigrates to Renjia Town, becomes Uncle Ninth’s disciple, and awakens the Trait Copying System. He can even combine traits without limit! Five Thunder Spell (Gold), Qimen Dunjia (Red), Zhong Kui Possession (Rainbow) Chrysanthemum Corpse Cultivation (Purple), Corpse King’s Tyrant Body (Red), Soul-Reaping Buddhist Chant (Red) Maoshan Corpse Driving (Purple), Sword Control Through Qi (Supreme), Indest 12.2kReads7.3Score840Shelves

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    The dynamics created by the "Red and White Duo" are extremely complex, and to this day, no film has surpassed the one directed by Uncle Ying (Lynn Ying). His films are simply endlessly watchable.

14. 14 让 You Were Supposed to Catch Ghosts, Not Cling to the King of Hell 让你捉鬼不是让你抱阎王大腿 Longing at the Hour of the Goat未时长恨Modern Romance396k WordsCompleted [This story has multiple male leads. The heroine is set up as lustful, and before she settles into a relationship, she will have romantic storylines with various male characters. Please steer clear if that's not for you.] Gu Xiaoling was a timid newcomer to the ranks of ghosts. While alive, she was heading back to her dorm late one night when a dog suddenly leaped out, barking furiously, and scared her into cardiac arrest. She became the first ghost in Hell to have been scared to death by a dog. 223Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    I initially saw it on a tweet on my phone, but then I found it was really good and decided to watch it. It's so sweet, the plot is exciting, and it's so good! Highly recommended!!

15. 15 黄 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近 The Moon Bridge Remains桥月仍在Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 5.4kReads6.5Score492Shelves

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    Ferrying ghosts is actually ferrying people's hearts as well.

16. 16 特 Special Operations Bureau 特事行动科 Eighteen Angry Men十八怒汉Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted One thousand three hundred and ninety years ago, under the emperor’s direction, human adepts gained control of the “Void” and used it to create the “Wall,” which separated the real world from the anomalous one. After more than six centuries of effort by adepts from various schools, the anomalous remnants in the real world were finally purged, leaving humanity with a world of its own. Anomalous creatures became demons, ghosts, gods, and monsters in tales of the strange. As time passed, the adepts 1.7kReads7.0Score204Shelves

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    The successor of the Spirit Official, a Vajra Loli, handles unusual events in the Special Affairs Department.

17. 17 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 839Reads—Score109Shelves

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    "Horror Folklore [The Imposter Master Shakes the Hundred Demons]" is a novel combining elements of infinite flow, horror folklore, light comedy, survival, episodic storytelling, a single female lead, and numerous satisfying moments! It's not a writer's block! Worth reading! The stories are highly independent! It's almost as good as the completed series! 👺👺👺

18. 18 阴 The Yin Marriage Thread 阴缘线 A Two-Hundred-Jin Shell两百斤皮囊Mystery443k WordsCompleted Murong thought she was probably just born unlucky. Her master used her to nurture his soul, while her senior brothers and sisters used her to fend off the fate of the Five Bane-and-Deficiency Afflictions. Sometimes, she felt it didn’t really matter whether she lived or died. Then she met her little crew: her sisters, friends, and apprentices. They showed her how wonderful warmth could be! And there was that devoted, puppy-like young man. He was brave, confident, warm, and bright. He seemed like 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If I beg you, could you please take a look? [Almost crying]

19. 19 她 She Became an Online Sensation Through Fortune-Telling 她靠算命爆红全网 Mo Zhongli墨仲鲤Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + ghost hunting + talisman drawing + face-slapping comeback + feng shui] Reborn on the night of her ghost wedding, Qin Youyou awakens on the spirit bed and discovers that she bears a special fate, drawing the covetous attention of evil Taoists and the hauntings of vengeful ghosts. To protect herself, she clears haunted houses, hunts ghosts, takes in monsters and ghosts as companions, and fights evil gods, gradually regaining her cultivation. At last, the man who has always protect 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You absolutely must read this one! It combines ghost hunting, fortune telling, and physiognomy. The plot is fun, and the ghost-hunting process is incredibly exciting. You won't regret reading it! [Thumbs up][Got it]

20. 20 死 The Dead Man's Makeup 死人妆 Luo Xiaoqi罗小琪Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The old folks often say, “Men shouldn’t be born on the first day of the lunar month, and women shouldn’t be born on the fifteenth.” I was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with the fate of an iron broom and a destructive bone marrow. The living despise me, and I bring death to my whole family, yet demons and ghosts have their eyes on me! Because of him, I also broke a taboo and became a woman of yin fate... To save me, my mother-in-law taught me the art of applying makeup to th 2.5kReads9.1Score330Shelves

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    The female lead is a Yin woman, and the male lead is a newly born soul with his own consciousness who is always protecting the female lead and staying by her side.

21. 21 甜 Sweet Romance: The Elf Lady Is Ghost-Hunting Again 甜宠，精灵夫人又抓鬼啦 Daughter of the God of Wealth财神嫡女Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted Complete. (Beautiful, violent heiress ✖️ dignified, prestigious occult-world CEO; everyday life, ghost hunting, married life, sweet romance with no angst, two powerful leads, banishing evil by physical force.) Sheng Yining, a little elf from the Misty Forest, transmigrates into a new world on the verge of collapse. She loses all her magic and gains the ability to banish evil through physical force. Wait, isn't this a little too violent? Saving the world and fixing the glitches in the heavenly 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come on, let's have a ghost-hunting adventure, complete with a sweet couple!

22. 22 猎 The Ghost Hunter's Troubles 猎鬼师的烦恼 Liang Benbuyi亮本布衣Urban285k WordsCompleted The Zhengying Sect started with just two Taoist priests and eventually grew to only six. It is a sect known for having very few Taoists. Its ghost hunters are successors to Uncle Nine, tasked with cultivating the Dao and hunting ghosts. Lu Yiming comes from a martial arts sect, and his martial uncle is the president of the National Taoist Association. His wife is a disciple of the Shenxiao Sect, skilled in thunder magic. Both Lu Yiming and his master, Master Ma, are from Northeast China. The sto 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The main character is hilarious, and there's also a pair of Taoist priests who fall in love.

23. 23 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 4.8kReads—Score324Shelves

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    It looks really good.

24. 24 天 The Celestial Master Police Chief 天师警长 Bamboo Shadows in Pairs竹影成双Mystery369k WordsCompleted (Daoist priest + urban suspense + unconventional + no invincibility + no dumb decisions + not a wish-fulfillment story) Ever since Celestial Master Zhang Daoling ascended to heaven in broad daylight, the Zhang family of Mount Longhu has passed down its lineage for 2,000 years, with cultivating the heart amid the mortal world as its main path of practice. A top law student and collateral descendant of the Zhang family of the Celestial Master’s Mansion, Zhang Shouyi memorized scriptures at three 410Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    [Taoist Priest][Cute Pet][Urban Suspense][No System] Since the founding of the Zhengyi Daoist sect by Celestial Master Zhang Daoling, who ascended to heaven in broad daylight, the Zhang family bloodline has been passed down for 2000 years. Zhang Shouyi, a law student and a collateral descendant of the Zhang family of the Celestial Master's Mansion, memorized scriptures at the age of 3 and drew talismans and chanted incantations at the age of 5. He originally wanted to be a lawyer and part-time Taoist priest, but ended up working at a remote rural police station. Little did he know that he had stepped into a vortex full of secrets! When modern policing meets ancient Taoist arts, let's see how Zhang Shouyi becomes a "Taoist priest" in the police station.

25. 25 蛟 The Jiao Consort Returns 蛟妾归 Xi Xi Meow茜茜喵Mystery857k WordsCompleted I’m blind, born with a disability. A fortune-teller said I had to stay away from my parents or disaster would strike our whole family. The prophecy came true when I was twelve. My entire household was massacred, and I was the only one lucky enough to escape. Unexpectedly, that escape led me straight into a realm of demons and spirits, where I was surrounded by monsters and ghosts, and the underworld. During my flight, I was hunted down again and again, nearly killed, and wanted for the massacre 114Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    It's angsty at first, but sweet later.

26. 26 黄 The Lady Master of the Yellow Springs Express 黄泉快递的当家女先生 It's Prajna, Yeah是般若吖Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Plot-driven fantasy anthology | Deities undergoing tribulations × ten lifetimes of reincarnation | Spirit communication and fortune-telling | Subverting expectations | The early chapters focus on the heroine's growth. After experiencing supernatural events and schemes, she gradually uncovers more secrets about her past life and origins. Spoiler: the story is told in reverse chronological order. Take your time and enjoy! 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book, "This Little Master is a Bit Crazy," is absolutely amazing! It's hilarious, quirky, and full of imaginative ideas, combining ghost hunting, supernatural elements, and suspense—it's incredibly addictive!

27. 27 茅 The Maoshan Taoist-Buddhist Master 茅山道释 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Urban5.7M WordsOngoing [Maoshan] + [Supernatural] + [Urban Cultivation] + [Stunning Beauties] The mighty Heavenly Emperor is reborn, only to be driven to the brink by a predatory loan contract?! In my previous life, I was Shiti Huan Yindiluo, the Heavenly Emperor. My merits complete, I should have ascended beyond the heavens, but I was ambushed by petty villains, and my divine soul fell into the mortal world! Fortunately, the power of the Sumeru Realm protected me, and I was reborn alongside a Maoshan Celestial Maste 798Reads—Score102Shelves
28. 28 弥 Maitreya Heavenly Emperor 弥勒天帝 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation + creation of the heavens and myriad worlds + fantasy + beauties galore] Citi Tianxing has already reached the peak of the Heavenly Emperor realm, yet he resolutely gives up his position as sovereign over all worlds and ventures toward an even higher, unknown realm. He seeks to question the heavens: What is the meaning of cultivation? What is the purpose of creation? Follow him as he battles across the Myriad Worlds, comprehending the great mysteries of darkness, light, life, 150Reads6.2Score—Shelves
29. 29 我 My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery276k WordsCompleted I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Instead of forcing in melodramatic romance storylines, we'll focus on telling good folk supernatural tales.

30. 30 我 Among the Otherworldly 我在异人间 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Urban534k WordsCompleted I am descended from the Sage Yangming. When I was born, countless bolts of heavenly thunder circled our old family home and crashed down. Could it be because the last dragon and phoenix in the world died right outside my house, and now they want me to pay with my life? 17Reads6.9Score—Shelves
31. 31 第 Day 49: The Whole Internet Watches Me Tear Through the Horse-Shaman World 第49天，全网看我杀穿出马仙 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery318k WordsCompleted [The first novel online to tackle the “spirit-medium” genre from an opposing perspective] Before my dad died, he left me a blood curse: “If you meet a god, beat it. If you see an immortal, kill it.” Now the whole village is made up of spirit mediums, and I'm the only ordinary person left. They livestream “catching an old immortal,” so I report them and get their accounts banned. They stage “the Tragic King being killed,” so I expose their tricks on the spot. Then I rescue a snow-white fox, and i 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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