Please Recommend Stories About a Protagonist Practicing Unorthodox and Demonic Arts in the Modern World, Who Isn't a Goody-Two-Shoes 跪求主角在现代修炼旁门左道邪门歪道的小说不圣母

1. 1 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 3.9kReads7.2Score254Shelves

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   Modern cultivation practices are unorthodox and deviant, lacking any sense of sanctity, focused on self-interest, and vying for resources—a topic worthy of reading.

2. 2 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 5.6kReads8.9Score415Shelves
3. 3 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! 81.3kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

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   🍃These two books perfectly embody the [bump] "unorthodox path to heaven," seeking only a clear understanding of one's thoughts. I admire those who are vengeful and ruthless, and those who are always grateful for kindness. [Bump]

4. 4 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
5. 5 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 64.6kReads8.6Score5.7kShelves

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   1. Defining what constitutes unorthodox practices, demonic monstrosities, and ghost-controlling Taoists. 2. Unrestricted and unconventional, the story begins with a time travel to Hong Kong's golden age, incorporating film themes; the protagonist practices corpse cultivation and ghost control.

6. 6 女 A Star Helps Me Cultivate Immortality, So I Send Her to Heaven 女星助我修仙，我送女星上天 White-Robed Blacksmith白衣铁匠Urban694k WordsCompleted [Satisfying power fantasy + evil protagonist + no beating around the bush + ruthless and decisive + Hollywood actresses + horror movies] After transmigrating to a parallel-world Hollywood, Cao Kun gains the power to choose a Righteous or Evil Cultivation System. Choose the Righteous Cultivation System, and you have to gather spiritual energy, exorcise evil, do good deeds, and build merit. You can’t just go around killing people. Choose the Evil Cultivation System, and you need to gather evil ene 8.3kReads7.5Score652Shelves

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   They're all pretty good, especially the second one, which is the best looking.

7. 7 西 Western Demons Are Too Strong? This Is What You Call Evil Cultivation? 西方恶魔太强？就这也配叫邪修！ The Second Pillar Next Door隔壁二柱子Eastern Fantasy118k WordsOngoing After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world, Qin Feng awakened a System. All he had to do was give the local Western dark cultivators a taste of Eastern shock to earn emotional points and all kinds of rewards. And so... Western dark cultivator: “I kill without batting an eye. Just let my wish tempt you into signing a contract, and your soul will be mine after you die.” Qin Feng: “You kill people and grant wishes for free? Sign me up for a dozen. Besides, I’ve still got tens of thousand 2Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 末 The Age of Declining Magic: I Become a God by Refining Corpses in the American Supernatural Universe 末法时代：我在美综炼尸成神 Magical Seal神奇海豹Urban405k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Lin Qi picked up a sinister cultivation manual and spent thirteen years killing fish at RT-Mart to enter the Dao. In this life, he was reborn as Alex, an ambitious young man in America. It was still the same age of declining magic, with spiritual energy choked off all around him. Trying to enter the Dao again was harder than climbing to heaven. Fortunately, the Fate-Reversing Compass that transmigrated with him successfully derived an improved technique: “Use a river of blo 3.4kReads7.4Score197Shelves
9. 9 风 Fortunes Rise in Macau, but the Road to Wealth Is a Little Rocky 风起澳门，暴富的道路有点坑 A Heart of Iron, a Temper Like Water铁心似水Urban1.2M WordsCompleted I was doing all right in the human world. Then, out of nowhere, I was dragged up to heaven, only to be kicked straight down into hell. Now I'm in hell, but my heart is in heaven. Going back to the human world is nothing but a distant dream... Gamblers want to win, but casinos don't want to lose either. In this vast world, people of every kind are busy, all scheming and calculating. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. Then a mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water 6.8kReads8.9Score383Shelves

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   High-quality gambling products

10. 10 杀 Slaughtering My Way Through American Horror Story, Starting with Coven 杀穿美恐，从女巫集会开始 Cambrian Light寒武光Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Ghosts, demons, clowns, killers, and mutants run rampant across the world, while the people of the Chosen Land live in misery. Luo Bai arrives in this world carrying the Book of Containment, ready to spread the good news, when, wait a minute... Something’s not right from the start! He listens as the girl lying on top of him weeps and keeps repeating, “I’m sorry I betrayed you.” The future father of the people, the one and only savior, the world’s greatest exorcist, medium, Taoist master, and 18.2kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves

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    I haven't found many good books about practicing unorthodox methods in a modern setting.

11. 11 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 8.4kReads8.4Score719Shelves
12. 12 黄 Yellow Springs General Store 黄泉杂货铺 Ninth Elder of the Wu Clan巫门老九Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted At the end of a street on a quiet, late-night evening stands a grocery shop with old-fashioned decor. Getting something for nothing is simple: just agree to do a ghost a favor, and it'll make it happen. 14.5kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    Ruthless and unorthodox

13. 13 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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    They all belong to unorthodox and unorthodox methods.

14. 14 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7kShelves
15. 15 成 Jackie Chan Adventures: I Became Dalong's Disciple 成龙历险记：我成为了刀龙弟子 I'm Not Wrong About Being Bad at This我菜的没错Anime Fanfiction391k WordsOngoing He transmigrated into the world of Jackie Chan Adventures and was adopted by Dao Long, becoming his disciple. “Master treats me pretty well. He doesn't seem like some big bad guy either!” “Heh heh, I've got my teacher to back me up!” “No one can lay a hand on my teacher. He's the only family I have!” “If you dare touch my teacher, then get ready for revenge!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 功 Immortality Through Merit? I Hunt Evil Spirits! 功德成仙？我专收邪物！ Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The serious version: Yin-Yang arts, the Eight Trigrams, feng shui, and fortune-telling are among the many mysterious professions widely practiced among the people. There is another profession in their ranks, whose practitioners call themselves “Treasure Collectors.” Treasure Collectors seek out all sorts of rare and precious treasures within their circles. The Daoist supreme treasure, the Dao Stele; the seven sacred scriptures of Tibetan Buddhism; Zhuge Liang’s mysterious Black Tortoise divinati 14.6kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves
17. 17 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 8.8kReads7.0Score792Shelves

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    Modern novels about evil cultivation

18. 18 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
19. 19 7 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 I'm Not a Madam, Am I?我不是太太吧？Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves
20. 20 上 Going to Work Turned Me into a Heretic Cultivator 上班害我成邪修 Spicy Spicy Chasing Snow辣辣逐雪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse241k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Cultivation + Office Worker Fiction + Anti-Hustle Culture + Client's Worst Nightmare + True Heretical Cultivator + No Saintly Hero + No Transmigration + No Cliches] My name is Liu Bu. I'm an utterly ordinary UI designer. My daily routine consists of revising designs, taking the blame, and imagining photoshopping my boss into a pig. Then one day, meteorites rained from the sky and zombies ran amok. While everyone else was busy running for their lives and evolving, I received a “st 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Modern-day evil cultivation, the protagonist is still a working-class office worker.

21. 21 凡 A Mortal’s Demonic Cultivation: The Profound Yin Chronicles 凡人修魔：玄阴传 One Big White一只肥大白Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal-world setting + satisfying read but no overpowered, arrogant hero + genius protagonist + decisive and ruthless + demonic cultivation + technical approach to cultivation + creates his own techniques and secret arts later on + slow burn + Xuanguxian template + skips the mortal-world opening] Xiao Qing is reborn in the cultivation world carrying a mysterious jade pendant. After testing as a three-element spiritual root, he unexpectedly joins a demonic sect. Once there, Xiao Qing relies on h 49.7kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves

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    Demonic cultivators, corpse demons, and blood demons are the four paths.

22. 22 我 I'm a Taoist Priest. What's Wrong with Knowing a Few Spells? 我一个道士，会点法术怎么了 Hero Wu吴大侠Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Anti-cultural export + cultivation + livestreaming + Daoist priest + System + spreading the Dao in America + no couples + no female lead + no spiritual qi revival + scheming protagonist Also known as: Spreading the Dao in America, Shocking the Eagles Every Day Chen Xian, Daoist name Xuanyun, is known in the martial world as the well-mannered young Daoist, the Cultivator's Version of Homelander, and the Enlightened Master Who Follows His Every Whim. His motto: “This Daoist does whatever he wants! 57.4kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves

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    ① He was nicknamed "the immortal version of Patriot," and his motto was "Do whatever you want." After a year of arduous cultivation in the mountains, he returned to find his Taoist temple occupied. He directly prayed to the heavens for justice, and after chanting a series of incantations, five claps of thunder sounded, and the fake temple instantly caught fire.

23. 23 开 From the Start, I Have Hundreds of Millions in Hell Money: I'm Invincible in the Age of the Uncanny 开局冥币亿万：诡异时代我无敌 Sis, Don't Be Like That姐姐别这样Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horror + apocalypse + tycoon + ghost money + rules + comedy + no heroine + fast-paced power fantasy (buys a supernatural-horror site by chapter 7, keeps buying everything without dragging things out, and buys an entire city in 200,000 words) + mid-story twists + late-game rule deduction] The supernatural apocalypse arrives, and evil ghosts run rampant. Within the rules, ghosts cannot kill people. While countless people struggle to survive the apocalypse, carefully searching for a w 140.9kReads9.4Score15.2kShelves
24. 24 年 Period: Evil Is the Way, and I Always Take Revenge 年代：邪本是道，我有仇必报 Bin Cola彬可乐Urban692k WordsCompleted Wu Xie, a young man from the twenty-first century, is reborn in the body of a boy from the 1960s who shares his name. His grandfather, Wu Xunshan, was condemned because of his unusual profession and eventually died, leaving him behind. Wu Xie was implicated because of his grandfather and sentenced to five years of reform through labor. But luck is on his side: Wu Xie gains the Evil Emperor’s legacy, as well as the Daoist teachings his grandfather left him. Armed with the Evil Emperor’s legacy, W 11.5kReads6.8Score769Shelves

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    The body of Wu Xie, a young man with the surname Wu. A 21st-century youth, Wu Xie, is reborn into the 1960s with the same name. His grandfather, Wu Xunshan, was criticized for his profession and ultimately died. Wu Xie was implicated and sentenced to five years of labor reform. However, Wu Xie is extremely fortunate to receive the inheritance of the Evil Emperor, as well as the Taoist inheritance left to him by his grandfather. He possesses the inheritance of the Evil Emperor.

25. 25 僵 Jiangshi: Patriarch of the Unorthodox Dao 僵尸：左道祖师 Snow-Stained Maple Red雪染枫红Mystery610k WordsCompleted When he wakes up, he has transmigrated to a world of zombies. As a modern man, who could resist the allure of supernatural power? Unfortunately, his constitution is poor and his aptitude is lacking. He can only struggle on alone. But if the path to immortality is closed to me, then I'll forge a path of my own. 3.3kReads7.1Score136Shelves

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    Chapter 1 Unorthodox Paths, He An! Unorthodox paths have existed since ancient times. They often refer to witchcraft and sorcery, and are used by lawless individuals. A derogatory term, a contemptuous label. But in this degenerate age, where day and night are reversed and all taboos are disregarded, who cares? ... "Master Liu, you must save my son!" "I only have one son. I'm counting on him to carry on the family line and take care of me in my old age. You tell me this, sigh." Before the hospital bed, a middle-aged man in a suit wiped away tears, half-sitting on the bed. Lying on the bed in front of him was a thin young man, his cheeks sunken, his face ashen, his ribs visible even through his clothes, looking like a heavy opium addict from the old society. "Hiss~ Mr. Wang, your young master has been pressured. This person's magic is exquisite; I can't see through it either. Mr. Wang, you should find someone more skilled!" The speaker was an elderly man, about sixty years old, with white hair and a youthful face. His black Tang suit was clearly custom-made, fitting his physique perfectly.

26. 26 练 Mastering Forbidden Techniques and Roaming a Mad Martial World 练就邪门功法，闯荡疯癫江湖 Super Cabbage Lover超级爱吃小白菜Eastern Fantasy808k WordsOngoing 158Reads9.0Score—Shelves
27. 27 走 The Crooked Path 走偏门 Li Er Bu Ha李二不哈Urban3.5M WordsCompleted [Adapted into the short dramas Fishing in the Shadows, Taking the Crooked Path, and The Mastermind; and the animated dramas Fishing in the Shadows: Drifting North, A Crooked Road to Comeback, A Thousand Faces in the Underworld, and Tales of a Shady Deal. Check them out if you’re interested.] What is the crooked path? Those who walk it seek a way to survive for themselves and plot certain doom for others. Once you step onto this path, it stretches as deep as the sea. You’ll roam far and wide, mix 23.5kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
28. 28 诡 Eerie: I Joined the Hehuan Sect, and My Life Is Set! 诡异，拜入合欢宗，这辈子有了！ Little Black Number Two小黑二号Eastern Fantasy232k WordsOngoing [No System]+ [Turns on His Master Mid-Story]+ [Technique Deduction]+ [Body-Cultivation Maniac] What’s so great about being reborn into the Heavenly Human Path in the underworld? Top-tier aptitude? Great fortune? Good looks? A chance to live off someone else? Qin Lan, a failed art student and wage slave who rebelled against the underworld and mistakenly reincarnated into the Heavenly Human Path, knew that this life of his was going to be… He was reincarnated into a world of demons and supernatura 6Reads8.2Score—Shelves
29. 29 邪 The Uncanny One 邪门儿 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼丶Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted In the old days, bandit gangs had four pillars and eight posts. The foremost pillar was called the Heaven-Supporting Pillar, and its holder served as the gang's strategist. Since strategists tattooed goshawks on their chests, they were also known as Mountain-Circling Eagles. A Mountain-Circling Eagle is neither monk nor Daoist, yet can discern yin and yang, communicate with spirits, and foretell fortune and misfortune. Neither immortal nor shaman, yet can cast talismans, drive out evil spirits, 1.4kReads8.6Score154Shelves
30. 30 我 I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is 20.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
31. 31 美 American Horror: I’m an Evil High Priest, Taming a Witch from the Start 美恐：我邪恶主教，开局驯服魔女 Li Chade李茶德Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [American Horror Story: The Evil Cultist Reborn in America] In his previous life, Xue Landi spread the gospel throughout South Korea and amassed a vast following in his quest for immortality. But when he failed to provide enough watermelon and kimchi, his followers rebelled, and his grand plan came to a premature end. Now reborn in an America where horror movies have merged into one world, Xue Landi decides to focus on quality over quantity: he’ll recruit only the elite, not the riffraff. “Witch 6.6kReads7.8Score615Shelves

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    It's pretty good; the male lead is basically invincible.

32. 32 开 Interrogated from the Start, but I’m Not Worried: I’ve Already Become a Daoist Master 开局被审讯不慌因为道爷已经成了 Chu Daxiao楚大校Mystery513k WordsOngoing My name is Jiang Yunsheng. Three years after I was reborn, I discovered that the modern city had turned supernatural. Evil spirits run rampant here, and practitioners of forbidden arts stalk the streets, robbing and murdering people, using them in their rituals, and stealing their life force. Even the likes of Mount Longhu, Maoshan, and the Ma clan have emerged into the world. I'm just an ordinary guy. I can't set up an altar and perform rituals, find auspicious sites, or summon and send off sou 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Rebirth in a parallel universe, traditional supernatural, with a cultivation rhythm, quite detailed, and unorthodox methods.

33. 33 港 Hong Kong Crime Saga: Dark Refinement of the Heavens from the Start 港综开局，邪炼诸天 Resonating with Birds与鸟共鸣Mystery891k WordsOngoing Meng Chuxing gazes into the heavens, searching for his own path to destruction. But the Great Dao stretches on endlessly. When will he ever reach the end? As for his own creed, it goes like this: Within the Myriad Souls Banner, ten thousand ghosts wail in sorrow. Passersby hear them in terror. Go forth to exorcise demons, and return from death with your life restored. With an evil treasure in hand, I wield its fearsome power. Fellow Daoists, do not rush. I shall ensure you all come here for a li 2.9kReads5.6Score184Shelves

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    Book review, book review, come and give a book review! [Smirking]

34. 34 北 The Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma Clan 北马小神童 Northeastern Old Snow Beer东北老雪花Mystery344k WordsCompleted A strange story set in a small town ninety years later. The heroine begins her shamanic calling at thirteen. On the day she was born, all the fox, yellow weasel, white weasel, willow, and rat spirits within a ten-kilometer radius knelt to welcome her. Then came a series of miraculous experiences. 10.6kReads9.5Score947Shelves

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    A strange story set in a small town 90 years later. The female protagonist begins her journey at the age of 13. On the day she is born, all the animals within a ten-kilometer radius, including foxes, weasels, white willows, and gray trees, come to greet her. Afterward, various magical events unfold. 😊🌸😋🤔

35. 35 借 [Borrowing Evil Bones, I Become a Ghost Immortal and Break the Yin-Yang Divide] 【借邪骨，我以鬼仙破阴阳】 I Want to Win a Bottle of Moutai我要中茅台Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Revenge + Magical Duels + Folk Horror + Feng Shui + One Heroine] I was born stillborn, but my grandfather brought me back to life with a fiend god's sinister bone! Yet my resurrection turned me into a freak who constantly attracted calamity, bringing about the deaths of my entire family. Only after I became a corpse collector did my fate take a dramatic turn! With a fiend god on my back, I will roam freely between the worlds of yin and yang, fearing no taboo. I bear the corpse co 7.6kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves

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    Mao Sui recommends himself

36. 36 道 A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain + Passionate + Has Brothers + Urban Training + Witty + Wish Fulfillment + Ghost Hunting + Zombie Slaying + Organized Group + Cracking Down on Cultivator Crime + Horror] A hostess at a leisure center is sucking people's blood essence. Get rid of her! People keep jumping into the river? A water ghost is harming people. You still want to help it pass on? It harmed people, so get rid of it! A shoddily built tower is haunted... Huh! The ghost lady has earned mer 5.7kReads9.4Score584Shelves

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    Both of these are good; you can take a look.

37. 37 血 The Blood-Binding Corpse Scripture 血引尸经 Long Yuan龙渊Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted The world of Changbai’s demons, home to the northern immortals. I was just an ordinary village boy from Changbai Mountain until I accidentally obtained the strange books Blood Guide to the Corpse and Soul-Eating Blood Eyes. I wanted to save people, yet somehow I was always killing them. My father’s bizarre sect legacy, the thousand-year secrets of the Twelve Strange Sects, the shadowy depths of the Tomb That Moves Mountains. Just how many plots and mysteries are hidden all around me? The bronze 1.2kReads8.8Score158Shelves
38. 38 苗 The Miaojiang Gu Chronicles 苗疆蛊事 Namo Kasaya Science Buddha南无袈裟理科佛Mystery4.3M WordsCompleted The calamity of witchcraft and poison is spoken of only by people in the countryside. Many people who are unknowingly caught up in it have no idea it exists. Friends, do you really think there are no extraordinary people in this vast land of China? You do? No! No! No! Do you want me to tell you that I’m a poison-raising practitioner from the Miao borderlands? All right, come on in and let’s dish… 13.9kReads9.3Score2kShelves
39. 39 双 I Travel Between Two Strange Worlds, But I'm a Ghost Cultivator! 双穿诡异世界，可我是鬼修啊！ A Xing Zai阿星仔Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhao transmigrated into a cultivation world and accidentally joined a sect of ghost cultivators. Everyone in the sect was wicked. Jiang Zhao spent every day treading carefully, as if walking on thin ice. Fortunately, at a critical moment, he awakened his golden finger. He obtained a portal that let him travel between worlds, linking his own to one where the paranormal was running rampant. That world was crawling with supernatural entities. Refine one D-rank entity, and your cultivation bre 19.3kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    Highly recommended! 🔥 This book fits your requirements perfectly. The protagonist is extremely evil 🎃 Jiang Zhao transmigrates to the cultivation world and joins a ghost cultivation sect 👑, awakening a dual-transmigration cheat. In this bizarre world, he refines vengeful ghosts to improve his cultivation, subdues billions of evil spirits within the Myriad Soul Banner, and becomes invincible.

40. 40 魔 The Demon Returns 魔归 Li Han厉寒Eastern Fantasy546k WordsOngoing Mortal + No System + No Golden Finger + No Female Lead (but there are women) + Corpse Refining + Ghost Commanding + Demonic Cultivation … How does human nature change, and how is it preserved, in a cruel environment? Does the distinction between good and evil lie in power itself, or in the purpose of those who wield it? The conflict between survival and morality, and the choices it demands; the journey of revenge and the struggle to move beyond hatred. … All to recreate the cultivation world i 103Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "High IQ + Amazing + No System + Corpse Refining + Ghost Control" - The sofa is ready, come quickly! Superb concept, completely original, extremely novel plot, unparalleled twists and turns, breathtaking, this pit is as deep as the sea!

41. 41 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 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves
42. 42 诡 In a World Gone Strange, I Become a Celestial by Touching Corpses 诡异乱世，我靠摸尸成就天仙 Wendu Vagabond文都浪子Eastern Fantasy438k WordsCompleted [A world overrun by demons] [Fight monsters and level up] [Forge the body into sainthood] When people grow old, they become demons; when things grow old, they become monsters. In a world inhabited by demons and monsters, even stepping out to relieve yourself at night means wondering if you’ll make it back. Luckily, Chu Jue has the talent to loot corpses. He can obtain one [left-behind item] that a dead person possessed in life. Congratulations, you have obtained a [left-behind item]: a pai 262Reads6.8Score100Shelves
43. 43 民 When Folk Customs Become Real: I Become a God in a World of the Uncanny 民俗成真：我在诡异世界封神了 Impermanence无常Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Ning Mo transmigrates into a world where the supernatural is resurfacing and folk customs are coming true. In this world, gods watch over you from three feet above your head. Make a careless oath and it comes true. Get a haircut in the first lunar month, and your maternal uncle will die. If your left eyelid twitches, you'll win the lottery. If your right eyelid twitches, the whole village will be attending a funeral feast. Make a wish on a meteor shower, and it might come true, no matter what yo 534Reads7.7Score100Shelves
44. 44 旁 Unorthodox Cultivation: Borrowing Luck to Become an Immortal 旁门左道，借运修仙 Clouds Flowing Among the Five Animals五禽流云Urban426k WordsOngoing [System with No Romance] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Unorthodox Cultivation] [Farming] Reborn for a second life, he finds himself in the world of the game Ascension to Immortality. How could he not soar above the nine heavens and witness the vicissitudes of the world? What if he can't obtain a proper cultivation method, or win the favor of gods and Buddhas? So what if he takes an unorthodox path? Build up a solid foundation. With a million points of providential luck at my disposal, I can pluck the 344Reads6.2Score100Shelves

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    A cultivation game has invaded the game world, and the protagonist is taking a shortcut, opening up unorthodox methods.

45. 45 道 Fellow Cultivator! Would You Lend Me a Hand? 道友！可愿助我一臂之力！ A Show-Off Creation of Nuwa女娲炫技产物Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Schemer + Cautious + No Holding Back His Realm + No Heroine + Invincible] [He’s reached Nascent Soul, time to start slaughtering!] Lu Ming accidentally transmigrates to the cultivation world and obtains a volume of the Golden Book of Karma. Taking the essence and discarding the dross, he transfers every side effect of cultivation to his enemies. From then on, Lu Ming lives in comfort while his enemies suffer. What’s that? Using a blood-burning secret art consumes your vital essence and damages 8kReads6.8Score528Shelves

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    Dark cultivation, the protagonist is a demonic cultivator, his cheat ability can transfer side effects, and his methods of killing are bizarre and unpredictable.

46. 46 正 A Proper Daoist Priest: Ladies, Please Behave 正经道爷，女居士请自重 Scholar of Black Mountain黑山书生Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Modern city, feng shui, physiognomy, Taoist priests, multiple heroines] Zhou Fan is a street fortune-teller who gets a beast-patterned seal to recognize him as its master. From then on, he masters the Dao and can use its arts, but all he wants is to make money honestly. “Dear sis, I swear to Heaven I won't fool around. If I do, may I be struck by lightning.” “Oh no, lightning's coming! I'm done for...” “Right! I almost forgot. I can withstand lightning.” 25.8kReads8.4Score3.4kShelves

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    ①✨In this degenerate age, the existence of unorthodox methods will only become more and more obvious. The protagonist, He An, cultivates unorthodox methods in order to reach the heavens. He takes money from people in the city to help them get rid of disasters. He is decisive in killing and takes revenge without delay.

47. 47 双 Dual Transmigration: I Refine Corpse Puppets and Command Ghosts, More Ruthless Than Any Demon 双穿：炼尸驭鬼，我比恶鬼更凶残 Ni Xiaoxiu倪小修Eastern Fantasy385k WordsCompleted [Extremely self-serving male lead] + [Travel between two worlds] + [Ghost arts and Feng Shui] + [Villain's psychological growth] + [Psychological mind games] [The early chapters, while he's learning ghost arts, can be a little slow and short on excitement. You can skip straight to his return to the modern world. Not much happens during his studies, so you won't miss anything important.] [After returning to the modern world, there are two livestreams to introduce later characters and plot. Livest 917Reads—Score107Shelves
48. 48 江 Unorthodox Remedies of the Martial World 江湖偏方 35 Bottles35瓶Urban1.3M WordsCompleted My name is Zhang Chen. A fortune-teller said I was born with a knack for unexpected riches and would never stay on the straight and narrow. But I don’t care. In this world, people who follow the rules get leftovers, while the bold get to eat meat. I haven’t had much schooling, and I don’t understand lofty principles, but I do know this: you only win if you’re willing to fight. 60.5kReads8.9Score6.9kShelves
49. 49 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 34.8kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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    Is Feng Shui considered unorthodox or heretical?

50. 50 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score101Shelves

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    The dust of time has buried countless terrifying events, and revisiting them still sends chills down one's spine. Whispers that inexplicably echo in the dead of night, a cold, ever-present gaze when alone, evil deeds committed in the guise of gods, and the resentment of one's homeland used to continuously harm living beings—these are the hallmarks of a group of people who bravely venture into forbidden territory, using their skills to break through layers of mist. The plot twists and turns one after another, immersing you in the unique oppressive chill of Chinese horror!

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