Looking for an Urban Ghost-Hunting Novel: Clap Both Hands and Talismans Fill the Sky 求个都市抓鬼，双手一拍，符纸满天

1. 1 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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   This should be considered an urban ghost hunt, right?

2. 2 女 A Female Ghost Shows Up Pregnant, and You Say You're a Proper Daoist? 女鬼怀孕上门你说你是正经道士？ Fined Into Bankruptcy for Being Handsome因帅被罚破产Mystery4.1M WordsOngoing [Mystery Solving] [Ghost Stories] [Chinese Folk Traditions] Su Yun is an heir to the Yin-Yang School, one of the pre-Qin traditions. Introduced by an acquaintance, he went on a blind date and met his girlfriend. After they broke up, Su Yun prepared to turn her into a zombie. Just as the process was nearly complete on the seventh day, a policewoman burst in and arrested him for murder. Su Yun: “I'm innocent! My ex-girlfriend was a flight attendant, fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged. Why wo 221kReads9.1Score23.8kShelves

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   This is great! [Thumbs up]

3. 3 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
4. 4 半 I Play Rock-Paper-Scissors with the Mirror at Midnight, and I Won't Sleep Until I Win 半夜和镜子猜拳，我赢一把就睡 Mr. Krabs Loves to Eat蟹老板爱吃饭Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The entire Xie family had a rather spooky air about them. His great-great-grandfather was a mountain wanderer, and his great-great-grandmother sewed up corpses. His great-grandfather was a Maoshan Taoist, and his great-grandmother was a spirit medium from Fengtian. His grandfather made paper offerings, his grandmother prepared bodies for burial, his father drove corpses, and his mother raised poison insects. Some of his ancestors even liked to dig themselves out of their graves… As a result, X 5.8kReads9.0Score578Shelves

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   The great-great-grandfather was a wandering mountain hermit, and the great-great-grandmother was a corpse seamstress. The great-grandfather was a Taoist priest from Maoshan, and the great-grandmother was a spirit medium from Fengtian. The grandfather made paper offerings, the grandmother prepared burials, the father drove corpses, and the mother raised Gu poison... How could the protagonist not be awesome?

5. 5 灵 Supernatural: I Exorcise Ghosts with Force and Scare the School Beauty Out of Her Wits 灵异：暴力驱鬼，我把校花吓懵了 Cold Words and Leng Words冷言leng语Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + comedy + System. If you read the first 30 chapters and don't laugh, come roast me!] On Zhang Wei’s first day of college, a blood-red sun hung in the sky and his entire class was dragged into a ghost realm. Just then, his Ghost-Teasing System awakened! With the whole class under a ghost’s curse, the campus belle, Lu Lianxue, had no choice but to reveal her hidden identity: a disciple of Longhu Mountain and a member of the Exorcism Bureau. But before she could show off her skills.. 29.8kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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   I highly recommend this. You can see the Sharingan Amaterasu, and even Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, etc. It's really good, has a female lead, and features a multi-faceted warrior. 3500 Hours of gameplay, highly recommended.

6. 6 高 The Icy Campus Belle Wants a Ghost Marriage? This Celestial Master Is Just the Man for the Job 高冷校花下冥婚？本天师专业对口 White-Robed Strategist白衣军师Mystery167k WordsOngoing [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Horror] [Decisive and Ruthless] [School Beauty] [Invincible] Zhang Jiuxiao, a Celestial Master in a purple robe, perished in a mutual destruction with a fierce ghost one moment, only to be reborn as an ordinary senior high school student the next. After a previous life of bloodshed and turmoil, he considers it the greatest blessing to live an ordinary, peaceful life this time around. That is, until his cool and aloof school beauty deskmate turns deathly pale and tremble 889Reads—Score163Shelves

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   This book is amazing! Highly recommended! The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, making it incredibly satisfying to read! A purple-robed exorcist protects the school beauty, the plot twists and turns constantly, combining horror and supernatural elements with thrilling moments. If you like ghost-hunting novels, don't miss it! It's high-energy at every turn, with both a terrifying atmosphere and exhilarating thrills. [Top Post]

7. 7 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
8. 8 午 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师：人回避，鬼上前 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 35.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
9. 9 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
10. 10 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
11. 11 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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    Go through fire and water, Master He! With your soul, you'll prove that the unorthodox sect has a brainless, satisfying story, and you're ruthless and decisive: I only glanced at you from afar and you're already trying to take me down? He An: Things can change in the long run. [Cool]

12. 12 我 Even the Heavenly Court Fears the Ghosts I Raise 我养的鬼连天庭都忌惮 Cold Words and Leng Words冷言leng语Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Overpowered protagonist] [Satisfying story] [The strongest Celestial Master] Twenty years ago, five-year-old Zhang Ze was taken away by a mysterious old man. When he returned, he brought a host of ghosts with him. He was the strongest Celestial Master, and the only living earthly immortal in the world today. “Zhang Ze, just how strong are you now?” When an elderly Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain asked out of curiosity, Zhang Ze was about to answer when the ghost infant perched on his shou 47kReads8.8Score6.4kShelves

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    [The Strongest Celestial Master Without a Trace] [Sparrow's Masterpiece] The protagonist raises several supernatural beings, each one a boss-level monster! His strongest henchman can even kill immortals.

13. 13 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

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    The protagonist was enveloped in a dazzling golden light of merit, effortlessly suppressing the powerful Corpse Ancestor's essence. Even the well-informed Ksitigarbha was astonished, having never seen such pure and heaven-defying merit before. He immediately recognized him as a born Buddhist prodigy, and how could he not watch?

14. 14 刚 I’ve Just Become a Purple-Robed Zombie King, and the Cool Campus Beauty Wants Me to Share Her Bed 刚成紫袍僵王，清冷校花让我洞房 Love Milk Tea1爱喝奶茶1Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted “The fiercest of all corpses are jiangshi, and the most powerful Taoist priests wear purple robes. If I put on a purple robe and turn into a jiangshi, won’t I be invincible?!” Jiang Chu transmigrated to a parallel world and became a sophomore in college. A week ago, he received a love letter from the campus belle, who had been dead for years. For the past week, Jiang Chu had tried everything he could think of, but still couldn’t send her off. With his life nearly at an end, Jiang Chu decided 28.3kReads7.1Score2.8kShelves

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    The protagonist is a purple-robed zombie who grows stronger by catching ghosts in the city. "The most ferocious of all corpses is called a zombie, and the most powerful Taoist priests wear purple robes. If I wear a purple robe and become a zombie, wouldn't I be invincible?!" Jiang Chu transmigrated to a parallel world and became a sophomore in college. However, a week ago, he received a love letter from his school beauty who had died many years ago. In the past week, Jiang Chu tried countless methods to get rid of her, but to no avail. With his life hanging in the balance, Jiang Chu decided to take a gamble. He directly buried fragrant wood that gathered yin energy in the most polluted mass grave.

15. 15 一 One Reading to Decide Life or Death, and the Whole Internet Begs Me to Livestream 一卦断生死，全网跪求我开播 Er Dong Bufan尔东不凡Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Chen Bufan was a mysticism streamer who was called a fraud by the entire internet. When his livestream had only seventeen viewers, top-tier star Shen Qingyue suddenly joined him to call him out. She smiled and asked, “Aren't you supposed to be good at fortune-telling? Then tell me, when will I get married?” Chen Bufan glanced at her and replied calmly: “You won't be able to get married.” Shen Qingyue sneered. “Why not?” Chen Bufan: “Because your fiancé died three years ago.” The whole internet b 38.7kReads8.3Score19.2kShelves

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    When I first read this book, it only had a couple thousand readers, but in the last couple of days it's reached over 200,000. The plot is absolutely amazing, especially suitable for reading alone under the covers at night [smirk].

16. 16 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

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    Invincible, the main character is hilarious

17. 17 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.7kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves

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    [Salute][Salute] The author is a professional Taoist priest! Rich in practical experience! He entered the Taoist path as a child and has been writing historical fiction for over a decade! Focusing on realism! No fantasy or exaggeration. Author Lin Yi, the Little Tyrant of Western Henan, the Daniel Wu of Western Henan, the most handsome man in Western Henan [Cool]. Adapted from personal experience, the book contains many esoteric and philosophical tidbits! Worth reading; you'll benefit greatly from it.

18. 18 最 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.7kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
19. 19 我 I’m a Ghost Officer, So Why Are You Asking Me to Marry the Campus Beauty? 我一个鬼差，你让我跟校花领证？ V Young Master of the Fan FamilyV范家大少Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Just Started College, and I Married the Aloof Campus Belle] [I’m a ghost officer. You want me to marry the campus belle?] [College Student Ghost Officer] [Campus Belle Wife] [Marriage Before Love] [Ferryman] … Synopsis: On his first day of college, freshman Cao Ning is forced to marry Xia Shihan, his betrothed, whom he has never met. He thinks it’s just a minor incident, but when he returns to campus to register, he discovers that the beautiful upperclasswoman at the registration desk is the ve 40.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    Ghostly college student

20. 20 摆 Ferryman: From the Start, Keeping Watch Over the Campus Beauty at the Crematorium 摆渡人：开局在火葬场给校花守灵 V Young Master of the Fan FamilyV范家大少Urban500k WordsCompleted [Urban + campus beauty + college life + supernatural + ferryman + underworld + firearms] Heavenly Funeral Home Hiring Notice: Location: Cremation Room Job: Corpse Handler Pay: Day shift, 800 per day; night shift, 1,200 per day (must work at least seven days!) Requirements: Brave, no high blood pressure, heart disease, mental illness... Netizen 1: "Is anything scarier than being broke? 1,200 for one night? I'd not only carry corpses, I'd chase them down if they ran away." Netizen 2: "1,200 fo 5.1kReads9.0Score343Shelves
21. 21 明 I Could Live Off a Woman, Yet I Choose to Slay Demons 明明能吃软饭，我却偏要斩妖除魔 Fellow Daoist, Please Wait道友且慢走Urban655k WordsCompleted [No System] [Comedy] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain] [Living Off a Rich Woman] The popular-science streamer Lin the Fat Guy, The law-abiding Heavenly Master Qin, Who never gets curious about rich divorcee Xu. And only knows a tiny bit about housekeeper Chen. After twenty years of cultivation without ever encountering a ghost, modern-day Heavenly Master Qin Mo chooses to face reality and accept a beautiful CEO’s offer to keep him. Who could have guessed that ghosts 8.3kReads8.4Score581Shelves

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    [Heavy punch][Heavy punch][Heavy punch][Heavy punch] Little Flying Stick is here! To be honest, this book is alright!!! But it's too short, only eighty-something chapters. I'll delete it and wait a bit before resuming. [You think about it][You think about it][You think about it][You think about it][You think about it]

22. 22 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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    Just giving myself a little push [laughs]

23. 23 当 After the Fortune Teller Got a Superstar Boyfriend 当神棍有了大明星男友后 Feng Junjun逢君君Two Male Leads887k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + slow burn + sweet romance] As a feng shui master, Fu Yu never expected the person he once considered his sworn rival to ask him for help solving a problem. Even more surprising, his rival still remembered him. Looking at the master his manager had hired for a fortune, Ji Chen fell silent for two seconds. “Fu Yu?” Fu Yu glanced at him, then lowered his head and counted on his fingers. “A big star, no less. From your face, I can tell your whole life will be prosperous, but you’re de 12.9kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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    He's a charlatan who earns millions a day exorcising ghosts, but he's actually still broke 🎉. But then he unexpectedly gets a celebrity boyfriend, and with his good fortune, he decides to stay and move in with the big star 💤

24. 24 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 173kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves

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    The first main character is quite impressive, the second one is quite sweet, it's pretty good, watch it or not.

25. 25 巡 The Yin-Walker 巡阴人 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Applying makeup to the dead, reading the winds and assessing the land, preparing bodies for burial, and performing rites on the seventh day after death. Scorched corpses: cleaning the body, applying rouge, painting the features! Bodies cut in half at the waist: removing the organs, filling the cavities, and stitching the body back together! I was born into a family that made its living from the dead, so I grew up dealing with corpses. I’ve seen all sorts of bizarre ways to die and countless inex 8.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
26. 26 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 20.7kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    Diverse Ghost-Catching Techniques [shy][shy] Diverse Ghost Exorcism Techniques, Physical Magic, Talismans, and Technology [you'll appreciate it] Celestial Masters, Night Watchmen, Ghost Tamers Genre: Fantasy Rating: Five Stars Highly Recommended

27. 27 百 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 Yi People's Firelight彝人烟火Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 115kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves

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    Highly recommend this book I'm currently reading! 🌟My Ghost Pet is Zhong Kui. The premise of this novel is quite interesting, incorporating various ghosts and monsters recorded in Chinese culture. It's like a Pokémon story where you cultivate yourself, then capture ghosts to use as battle pets to increase your strength, thus surviving in a ghost-infested apocalypse. The various ghost characters are quite captivating, and the balance of excitement and conflict is excellent throughout. Five stars!

28. 28 我 I Learn to Slay Ghosts on a Paranormal Forum 我在怪谈论坛学斩鬼 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 50.1kReads8.7Score6.4kShelves

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    💥The protagonist accidentally enters a ghost story forum and becomes involved in a series of ghost story events. The protagonist learns the profession of "Character Burner" and deals with ghost stories! Original and novel plot, a super strong newcomer has arrived in the ghost story world!

29. 29 校 What If the Campus Belle Turns Into a Zombie? No Worries, I'm the Perfect Person for the Job 校花尸变咋办？不怕！我专业对口 Backend Engineer后端工程师Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + horror + urban legends + ghost stories + invincible protagonist + one heroine] What should you do if your school-beauty deskmate turns into a corpse during class? She’s probably faking it. Just give her a kiss. Huh? She’s not faking it??? Lu Jiuyang was utterly baffled. One moment, he was the last Celestial Master of Maoshan, battling a tide of countless ghosts and sealing the demons with his own body. The next, he had been reborn as an ordinary high school freshman. This 190.3kReads8.4Score26.9kShelves

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    This is truly invincible.

30. 30 停 Working Part-Time at the Morgue, I Carried Out My Ex-Girlfriend? 停尸房兼职，搬出了前女友？ A Flower Flying on a Leaf一叶飞花Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing The Dao has both civil and martial paths. The martial path: uphold the law and slay demons. The civil path: read faces and understand the world. I am Jiang Rui, skilled in both. You can call me Handsome, or you can call me Ah Zu. Passerby: “Master Jiang, I think I’ve been haunted. Please, you have to save me!” Jiang Rui smiles calmly. “Come on, there’s no such thing as ghosts.” As he speaks, he discreetly pinches a yellow talisman between his fingers. Passerby: “Master Jiang, can you find a feng 21.2kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    This is really awesome.

31. 31 灵 Supernatural: My Years Hunting Ghosts at Bureau 749 灵异：我在749局打鬼那些年 Lao Cai Jiudao老财九道Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The appearance of a white coffin and a red coffin at the construction site changed my fate. That night, I saw corpses that could move and a ghost that could steal a person's soul. They were all "deceiving" me, trying to make me die. What should I do... When you think the person behind you is a ghost, the real ghost may be the one standing in front of you... Once it's dark... don't read this!! 211Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The immersive experience is incredibly realistic, with constant plot twists, making it perfect for late-night reading. The atmosphere and character development are excellent. The ghost-fighting scenes are unique; each predicament feels real, and it incorporates elements of the 749 series – brass knuckles, butterfly knives, and batons can all be used to fight ghosts, plus there are guns! Highly recommended. Crucially, this book is high-energy throughout, constantly setting up mysteries that keep you hooked!

32. 32 小 Chen Buqi, the Little Taoist 小道士陈不欺 Big Sister Li李家大姐Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing Hello, everyone. My name is Chen Buqi. My professions include Taoist priest, locksmith, cook, phone repairman, driver, and tomb-raiding consultant…. I have too many to list them all. I was raised by my master and martial uncle! They were both incredible! I only learned that after coming back from my first year out in the world. Because I liked to play around, I also squandered a lot of techniques that people would have envied! Fortunately, I devoted myself to physiognomy and mastered two special 151kReads9.1Score13.3kShelves

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    Family, this is absolutely the best! This book is full of laughs, guaranteed to make you laugh until you can't stand up straight and your stomach hurts! Here, everyone's IQ collectively "drops offline," and all sorts of outrageous things happen one after another!

33. 33 茅 Maoshan Ghost-Banishing Celestial Master 茅山捉鬼天师 Xiao Mochou Himself萧莫愁本尊Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted [Taoist Master] + [Ghost Hunting] + [Supernatural Mystery and Suspense] Light a lamp and tell ghost stories; observe the taboos of yin and yang. The inscrutable secret arts of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Maoshan traditions; the uncanny spirit-possession tablets; and mysterious taboos that inspire dread. The only Maoshan sect leader in history to vanish under mysterious circumstances seizes the secrets of heaven and earth and travels between the realms of the living and the dead. Let him reveal 3.2kReads6.5Score205Shelves
34. 34 最 The Last Ghost Hunter 最后一个捉鬼师 Feng Shui Master风水先生Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted I was cursed by evil spirits as a child. My fate turned yin, attracting a hundred ghosts. To keep me alive, my father came up with a plan... 45Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 道 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery11.7M WordsOngoing At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 186.2kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves
36. 36 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves

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    The ghost-catching movie is very good.

37. 37 风 Feng Shui Master: I Started by Subduing a Peerlessly Beautiful Corpse 风水天师：从收服绝美女尸开始 Dirt Rat土耗子Mystery148k WordsOngoing Supernatural mysteries + feng shui + Taoist arts + corpse seamsters + corpse salvagers + Gu sorcery + Nanyang black magic + folk occult arts + paper effigies A peerlessly beautiful female corpse, a seven-tailed white fox, a living corpse, an inn between yin and yang, a red bellyband, a haunted house, the slaying of an evil god, a drowned ghost, a hanged ghost, a headless ghost, embroidered shoes “Within three months, you must complete five tasks involving the dead, or you’ll be doomed beyond red 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Several very good books

38. 38 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves
39. 39 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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    This one is about urban adventure, catching ghosts and fighting zombies.

40. 40 三 The Ten Arts of the Three Pure Ones: The Celestial Venerable Descends the Mountain 三清十诀：天尊下山 Echoing Valley有回音的山谷Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Gu Feng possesses the ten strongest immortal arts in the world. He is a mortal emissary of the Nine Heavens, sent to walk among humanity. By his master's order and out of duty, Gu Feng enters the modern city… After wiping out a series of demons, ghosts, and wicked practitioners, he discovers that the mastermind behind it all is hiding on the legendary Immortal Island of Penglai! This earth-shattering conspiracy reaches far and wide. It involves the demon Taoists of Mount Mao in Yan Country, a 3.3kReads6.6Score189Shelves

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    The protagonist is a descendant of the Three Pure Ones Celestial Masters sect in the mortal realm. Possessing celestial magic, he vanquishes demons and monsters in the city. Overflowing with divine aura, the protagonist invokes the True Martial Emperor and rescues the righteous god of Northeast China, Hu San Taiye. He also displays his divine power alongside the leaders of various esoteric sects such as Longhu Mountain, Maoshan Mountain, and Wudang Mountain. Furthermore, the 600-year-old Zhang Sanfeng slays a demon with just two fingers.

41. 41 外EN A Delivery Demon Came to My Door, So I Took Out Its Kidney 外卖鬼上门，被我嘎了腰子 Arowana in a Salt Jar盐罐里的龙鱼Mystery852k WordsCompleted The author's new book: Reincarnation and Immortality: My Lifespan Limit Doubles with Every Life. You're welcome to check it out. [Supernatural Horrors Return + Comedy + System!] What do you do when the late-night takeout you ordered is delivered by a ghost, and it gets your order wrong? Lu Siye says it's no problem, as long as it makes up for it with an ingredient! “Oh, right! I ordered pork kidney soup.” “So you can pay me back with your own kidney!” “Heh heh heh!” As spiritual qi return 9.2kReads8.9Score495Shelves

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    A bizarre and fantastical world of immortals! "Fellow Daoist, why is your Emperor's Banner emitting black smoke?" Come and witness this extraordinary work, a new addition to the world of immortals! Here, "even unorthodox methods can lead to heaven." The protagonist, He An, is audacious and ruthless, adhering to the principle of "if you don't nip the problem in the bud, you won't sleep at night," with a unique and vicious style. His single line, "Hehehe... This humble Daoist He An is your great calamity!" Will surely stir up countless storms in the world of immortals. Come and witness this unique path of immortals!

42. 42 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!

43. 43 都 The Apocalypse Is Here, So It’s Only Reasonable for Me, a Taoist, to Be a Little Stronger 都末世了，道爷我强点，很合理吧 Ye Qingxian叶清闲Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the City + Superpower Awakening + Somewhat Satisfying + Decisive and Ruthless + Spiritual Qi Revival] His name is Bai Xiaochuan, not Yi Xiaochuan, the guy who transmigrated to the Qin dynasty. He was reborn... back to before the first spiritual qi revival. In this life… He doesn’t want to be an A-rank healing-type Awakened anymore. An A-rank healer sounds impressive? In practice, they’re not much use. He can heal himself back to full health, but save a teammate? Sorry, the coold 49.2kReads8.1Score4.4kShelves
44. 44 一 A Century in a Dream, and I Became a Daoist Celestial Master 一梦百年，我成为了道家天师 Invincible Under Heaven望天无敌手Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Fortune-Telling + Medicine + Traditional Martial Arts + Invincible + One Heroine + Humor + No Cultivation + Not High-Martial] Chen Haoyu was hit by a car while saving a girl and ended up in the hospital. After lying unconscious for a hundred days, he received the legacy of the Carefree Taoist from a thousand years ago in a dream and became a Taoist Celestial Master of his generation. “How can your medical skills be so incredible?” “Sorry, I used the Zhu You healing arts!” “You can tell fortunes 168.2kReads9.1Score15.8kShelves
45. 45 都 The Yin-Yang Master of the City 都市阴阳天师 The Big Cabbage in the Snow雪地里的大白菜Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing Traditional supernatural horror. The protagonist starts out as a Celestial Master, turns into a purple-eyed zombie midway through, and transforms whenever he can’t win. If that bothers you, please give this a pass. Zhou Yuanqing studied under a purple-robed Celestial Master and chose to join Bureau 749, handling supernatural cases across the country: evil spirits, zombies, mountain demons, Japan’s Kiku School, Nanyang curse practitioners… In places ordinary people cannot see, battles of magic ha 30.9kReads8.1Score2.4kShelves
46. 46 捉 My Monster-Hunting Was Exposed, So I Had to Livestream Explanations of Monsters and Ghosts 捉妖被曝光，只好直播科普妖与鬼 Pure and Cute Girl清纯萌妹Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming explanations of monsters from authentic ancient Chinese texts + One female lead + Two incredibly powerful protagonists + The Classic of Mountains and Seas + What the Master Does Not Speak Of + All kinds of folk customs, researched in meticulous detail] As the saying goes: I offer the gods fine incense, and they say it isn't good enough. When a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers came down from the sky wearing sunglasses and smoking Huazi cigarettes, the viewers fell silent. Lin Qin 28.3kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
47. 47 拥 After Gaining the Power of Witchcraft 拥有巫蛊之力后 I Have Thirty Million我有三千万Mystery255k 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 4.3kReads8.4Score606Shelves

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    Witchcraft, [Caution][Caution] In modern society, the female protagonist suddenly awakens to witchcraft powers, attracting the attention of a special department and being recruited. 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 bizarre spaces and resolve the source of the events.

48. 48 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves

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    You all probably know Li Changsheng, the Grand Elder of the Daoist sect, right? With a casual pinch, he can suppress everyone; he's practically invincible.

49. 49 震 Shocking! The Metaphysics Master Can Hear People's Thoughts 震惊！玄学大佬被读心了 Yellow Peach Tutu黄桃土土Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + mind-reading + lighthearted] After graduating with a law degree, Xia Wange, heir to a Daoist sect, sees a wheelchair shimmering with purple energy at a car crash site. Born unable to gather energy, she can’t bring herself to leave the wheelchair alone. [I’ll carry this wheelchair off and borrow the energy on it to draw talismans. Then I’ll be the undisputed goddess of the supernatural world!] Lu Qiu, the CEO still trapped in the wreckage, inexpli 362.7kReads9.5Score73.6kShelves

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    This!

50. 50 开 From the Start, I Was Divided Up for Food, So I Swallowed the Evil Spirit Whole 开局被分食，我直接生吞邪崇 Bi Huo彼火Urban1.3M WordsOngoing "A Must-Read in 2026" [Eerie Revival]+ [Revenge before the day is out]+ [Saintly do-gooders must die]+ [The protagonist is crazy, not stupid]+ [No female lead]+ [This is actually a food story] The red moon rises, and the eerie returns. After transmigrating to a world where the eerie has returned and evil spirits roam the earth, Ye Kui opens his eyes to see himself being devoured by monsters! But if monsters can eat people, there’s no reason people can’t eat monsters! After three years of plottin 8.7kReads8.9Score851Shelves

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