Cultivation Novels About Refining Corpse Puppets and Controlling Ghosts 炼尸御鬼的修仙小说

1. 1 长 Immortal Cultivation: From the Start, I Ran a Coffin Shop and Refined Zombies 长生修仙：开局棺材铺炼僵尸 Jiang Yinglong姜应龙Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Long-life cultivation + time-rewinding cloth + zombie refinement + unorthodox cultivation] After transmigrating to a vast world of immortal cultivation, Ji Changqing uses a time-rewinding cloth to repeatedly return to his youth, improve his aptitude, and make up for his shortcomings. He refines numerous zombies to protect his path, and ultimately becomes an immortal ancestor. “This spirit herb hasn’t been growing long enough... Time-Rewinding Cloth, speed it up by a hundred years...” “Why is th 13.7kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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   The protagonist, an orphan who transmigrates into the body of a zombie cultivator, is raised by a cautious and cunning master (a Foundation Establishment expert). He is both cautious and shameless, always staying with his master and senior brothers in the early stages, refusing to be left alone at home. His cheat ability allows him to accelerate or rewind time for himself or objects. He enters the Dao through martial arts, inheriting the Corpse Control Sect's legacy from his master, Xi, and refining zombies. He possesses exceptionally high talent for soul cultivation, even using Foundation Establishment zombies as clones to protect him during Qi Refining. He has some minor flaws after leaving the starting village, but then joins a sect!

2. 2 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 96kReads8.9Score8.2kShelves

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   They are all dark, demonic cultivators, heretical cultivators, and practitioners of unorthodox paths. Corpse refining, ghost control, and soul-riding banners are basic techniques in these books.

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
4. 4 修 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 Jia Chou Mo Hai甲丑末亥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 21.3kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
5. 5 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
6. 6 僵 The Jiang Family's Haunted House and Corpse Marriage Pact 僵家尸宅冥尸婚契 Floating0Life浮0生Mystery329k WordsOngoing Jiang Si, who was there to watch the show, nearly gets crushed to death. On the brink of life and death, he is sucked into the core of the Nine Dragons Feng Shui Formation and accidentally gains a pair of all-seeing eyes... Before he can even celebrate, a drought demon sets its sights on him... Luckily, at the crucial moment, he is summoned to a bizarre world by an ancient zombie patriarch who has lived for a thousand years... After being welcomed back into the family, he hears, "What! You want 7.5kReads8.3Score908Shelves
7. 7 巫 Wizard Lord: Turns Out My Golden Finger Is Women 巫师领主原来我的金手指是女人 Floating0Life浮0生Eastern Fantasy963k WordsCompleted A young man from Earth is sent by a cement truck, commonly known as a mudhead truck, to the mysterious world of wizards Luo Lin has terrible talent. He doesn’t advance to the rank of a first-level wizard until his hair has turned white, and he hasn’t even had a chance to enjoy his increased lifespan when the wizarding world is destroyed. Luo Lin begins another journey of transmigration, struggling to survive in the terrifying, otherworldly world of the high-dimensional Abyss. One day, by pure ch 14kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
8. 8 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 80.9kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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   A mortal cultivates demonic arts, becoming ruthless and merciless, following the paths of blood, bones, and corpse refining, eventually establishing a demonic cult.

9. 9 修 Immortal Cultivation: I Have a Heart for Refining Corpses 修仙，我有一个炼尸之心 Five-Fingered Green Mountain五指青山Eastern Fantasy350k WordsOngoing By a twist of fate, a young man joins a sect of immortal cultivators and steps into the mysterious, cruel world of cultivation. Just as he’s at a loss, he awakens the Heart of Corpse Refining. Not only does it grant him far greater vitality than ordinary people, it also lets his refined corpses advance in cultivation alongside him! 327Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist is from the Corpse Refining and Ghost Control Sect, but not the Demonic Sect. The corpses and ghosts have a special origin, and the protagonist cultivates the Corpse Refining Technique [laughs]. It's a Corpse Refining Immortal Cultivation style. The protagonist cultivates the Corpse Refining Technique, and his internal energy and blood are enhanced by the Corpse Refining, growing together. Each time the Corpse Refining realm advances, there will be new changes. Welcome everyone to read!

10. 10 爆 Grinding Like Mad at the Dao, This Old Daoist Will Become an Immortal Yet 爆肝道法，道爷我终将成仙 The Cat Who Drinks Lattes喝拿铁的猫Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Supernatural Horror + Eastern Lovecraftian Horror + Chinese-Style Horror] Beneath a world that seems peaceful and serene, a twisted, horrifying darkness churns. When the Seven Stars align and obscure the Moon, a hundred fangshi dance a mysterious, bizarre ritual on a mountaintop, then set themselves ablaze. Torrential rain pours down. In the hazy mist, an indescribable silhouette of horror appears, and overnight, everyone in the city goes mad. Three bells ring from a temple. Countless monks’ co 43.1kReads8.6Score3.7kShelves

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    The main character is portrayed realistically and normally, although he also slays ghosts. The author's writing is good, and each character is vividly depicted.

11. 11 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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    The highly anticipated fantasy novel is here! No exaggeration, this story is guaranteed to be a hit. Key words like "high intelligence + amazing + no system + corpse refining + ghost control" set it apart from the old tropes. It's fresh, logically sound, flawless, full of surprises, and of course, there are some delightful surprises too!

12. 12 控 The Immortal Dynasty of Corpse Controllers 控尸仙朝 Thirty-Eight Leaves三十八叶Eastern Fantasy702k WordsOngoing [Fantasy + power struggles + corpse control and leveling up + corpse refining + patience + dark fantasy] Legend has it that in ancient times, there was once a Corpse Emperor. He commanded a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with a million corpse soldiers under his banner. Wherever they went, no living thing remained. The Heavenly Dao punished him, and the art was erased completely, vanishing for ten thousand years. No one could have imagined that it would return to the world. Fewer still c 2.3kReads—Score353Shelves

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    Finally found a fantasy novel that seriously explores the raising and refining of zombies, without any mindless idiocy or simplistic plot twists; the logic is sound.

13. 13 这 There's a Demonic Cultivator Here 这里有一个魔修 Lord Xianyue仙月大人Eastern Fantasy121k WordsOngoing [Original Plot] [Entirely Handcrafted] [Xianxia] [Demonic Cultivation] [Corpse Raising] [Baleful Energy Refining] [Ghost Wedding Dress] [Cultivation Method Reform] [Resource Farming] [The Goodness, Truth, and Beauty of Human Nature] [The Way of the Five Elements and Yin and Yang] The protagonist is named Tishuang Shi. 1.3kReads—Score101Shelves

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    The protagonist is killed in the second chapter and becomes a ghost. A ghost wedding dress can grant him power, but he will turn into a female ghost who raises corpses, refines evil spirits, absorbs blood and yang energy, overcomes sunlight, and manipulates others.

14. 14 从 Rising to Power Through Paper Effigy Craft 从纸扎术开始崛起 Hero of the Jingnan Campaign靖难功臣Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Cultivation, Unorthodox Sects, Eastern Fantasy, No System, Slow Burn] When Xu Yu learned that he had transmigrated into the son of a tenant farmer in an ancient world, and that the dynasty ruling it was called the Great Qian, he knew something was amiss. As it turned out, this foreign dynasty, with a history of four hundred years, was entering an age of chaos. Fortunately, he seized his chance and became a disciple of an unorthodox sect. In this world of demons and spirits, that was the only wa 6.8kReads7.4Score514Shelves

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    That's pretty impressive, bro. Seriously, take my advice: having even a little bit of skill as an ordinary person is far better than mindless writing.

15. 15 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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    It's super beautiful.

16. 16 修 Is Cultivation Really That Hard? My Techniques Train Themselves! 修仙难？可我的功法会自己努力！ Second-Grade Tea二品茶Xianxia300k WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation + a sudden turn toward saintliness + unscrupulous tactics + ruthless and merciless + instant refinement) Liu Yun transmigrates to the world of cultivation. With his four-spirit-root aptitude, he fights his way forward by any means necessary, killing for treasures and struggling through every hardship until he reaches the eighth layer of Qi Refining. His poor aptitude keeps him from breaking through, until the Creation Spirit Treasure, the Heaven Rewards Hard Work Mirror, awak 940Reads5.6Score102Shelves

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    This story originally featured a ruthless and pure demonic protagonist who was a traitor.

17. 17 从 I Began Immortality by Using My Disciples as Corpse-Refining Fodder 从把徒弟当做练尸耗材开始长生 May It Always Be This Way愿得长如此Xianxia272k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + self-interest + no brainless protagonist + definitely not abandoned midway + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + dark style + multiple female cultivators as pawns] Qin Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a rogue cultivator who barely survived a body-snatching attempt. But this is a world that devours people. As long as saints live, thieves will thrive; mortals are like grass, and cultivators are no different. Fortunately, he has an Eight Tri 1.5kReads6.0Score116Shelves

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    The 70th one specifically took on an apprentice, teaching him how to use the materials needed for corpse refining.

18. 18 兄 My Brother Refines Corpses, I Cultivate Ghosts, and We Slaughter a City from the Start 兄弟炼尸我修鬼，开局屠城 Duo Ti多涕Eastern Fantasy141k WordsOngoing Coming from Blue Star to the world of cultivation, Sun Mu and Feng Chuan, brothers who would lay down their lives for each other, plunge headfirst into a world ruled by immortals and demons, where the strong prey on the weak. While others seek immortality by joining prestigious sects and mastering orthodox techniques, the two take the darkest and most sinister path of all. Sun Mu cultivates the lost forbidden art, the Ghost Fiend Scripture, feeding ghosts with his soul and flesh. At a grand cere 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I wrote it, don't worry.

19. 19 朝 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 Heaven in a Teapot茶壶洞天Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.6kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves

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    The Myriad Souls Banner refines evil spirits, controls corpses and puppets, cultivates both Yin and Yang, is a mortal cultivation story, has no system, is not a wish-fulfillment novel, both protagonists and antagonists are intelligent, and the characters are complex and three-dimensional, not stereotypical. Worth reading for veteran readers tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels.

20. 20 万 Prison of Ten Thousand Races: Starting by Awakening a Storage Ring 万族囚笼：从给纳戒启灵开始 Beauty-Stealing Cigar夺美烟枪Eastern Fantasy100k WordsOngoing [Unorthodox Cultivator]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Corpse Refining and Soul Refining]+ [Overwhelming the World with an Army of Corpses] The supreme will of a certain universe set up cages for all races. In each cage, only one living being could transcend... Relying on the strength of a soul forged over two lifetimes, Wu Cheng became a great leader of the unorthodox path. Just as he forcibly ascended, the righteous factions joined forces to hunt him down. Only a wisp of his soul happened to wand 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist refines corpses and souls; he's a pure evil cultivator, a red egg in the eyes of a saint.

21. 21 人 Human Emperor Banner: Fellow Daoists, Help Me Become an Immortal 人皇幡：请道友助我成仙 Onion-Skin Yazi洋葱皮牙子Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + insect control + soul refinement + cultivation + no female lead] Volume One, Li Yi: “Since leaving the mountain, I have slain tiger demons, taken in refugees, established a source base, aided Qingmu, slain fox demons, and saved hundreds of thousands of people.” “I campaigned across foreign lands, wiped out a million of another race, expanded our territory, and stepped over piles of corpses to establish my foundation. Ten thousand cultivators came to congratulate me.” Vol 1.2kReads7.3Score105Shelves

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    This is acceptable.

22. 22 鬼 The Ghost Emperor in the City 鬼帝在都市 Lonely Burial Companion孤独的陪葬Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Lin Yu was once a good-for-nothing whom everyone could bully. Then, in an accident, he devoured the remnant soul of the Netherworld Ghost Emperor, one of the five great Ghost Emperors of the Ghost Realm. From then on, his timid nature changed, and he began capturing and devouring ghosts to grow stronger. 411Reads—Score101Shelves

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    This one is pretty good.

23. 23 黑 Dark Strange Tales: I'm a Demon NPC, So What If I'm a Little Ruthless? 黑聊斋：我是妖人NPC狠点咋了 Before and After前后Eastern Fantasy549k WordsOngoing Black Strange Tales is a dark, eerie, and terrifying cultivation game. It features martial arts masters like Left Thousand Households, as well as monsters and demons like the Black Mountain Old Demon and Nie Xiaoqian. Ji Chang transmigrates into a demon-ravaged, perilous game world and becomes a scholar in the Great Yu Dynasty. He's also the only Strange-Tale Investigator. Every time he verifies a bizarre tale or records an unusual incident, he gains a supernatural ability or spell. With the pow 4.9kReads8.9Score317Shelves

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    Refining corpses and controlling ghosts

24. 24 从 Cultivating Immortality as an Outer-Door Servant 从外门杂役开始修仙 Baby Sea Whale海鲸宝宝Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey + No System + No Golden Finger + No Female Lead + Not Invincible + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Fast-Paced + Decisive and Ruthless] A young man from the modern world accidentally transmigrated and stumbled into the path of immortality, struggling onward in his quest to become an immortal. The road to immortality was harder than ascending to heaven. Faced with countless dangers, his resolve to seek the Dao remained as solid as stone. Fang Qing transmigrated here and started ou 2.3kReads6.2Score109Shelves

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    Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul. A mortal cultivation story, featuring a female protagonist who is a saintly figure. The protagonist rises step by step from a lowly servant, displaying decisive ruthlessness and intelligent villains. The plot is fast-paced and engaging, with no dull moments. It's a lengthy and highly readable read, well worth the time!

25. 25 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 4.5kReads—Score304Shelves

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    Extremely terrifying, realistically interesting, highly recommended.

26. 26 东 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 Asking the Cold Wind in a Light Rain微雨问冷风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 32kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
27. 27 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.7kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
28. 28 阴 Yin-Yang Headhunter: I Find Jobs for Ghosts, and They Ask Me Out 阴阳猎头：我给诡找工作，诡问我处不处对象 Dongfang Goudan东方狗蛋Mystery307k WordsOngoing On the day he was laid off, Jiang Ye received a death notice: in thirty days, someone would throw him off a rooftop. To stay alive, he was forced to take a job at Yin-Yang Headhunting Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in finding jobs for ghosts. Every time he finds a job for a ghost, he unlocks part of the truth behind his own death. Every time he fails, another corpse spot appears on his body. Once they cover him from head to toe, the company will devour his soul. Every high-level order com 2.4kReads8.4Score369Shelves
29. 29 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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    The protagonist is a demonic cultivator who refines corpses and souls; his cheat ability allows him to transfer side effects; and he employs a variety of bizarre methods of killing.

30. 30 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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    It's incredibly good, full of energy and laughs from start to finish.

31. 31 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.2kReads5.4Score316Shelves

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    A traditional cultivation-themed story, the protagonist is ruthless and decisive, willing to use any means to achieve his goals; he is cold-blooded, cunning, and utterly inhuman. No female lead, no system, and not a brainless or dark novel. [Thinking][Thinking]

32. 32 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno 2.2kReads8.3Score265Shelves

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    I recommend a thrilling campus-themed novel, a feng shui and supernatural story called "The Strongest Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site." It combines elements of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, feng shui battles, historical time travel, reincarnation, fantasy, science fiction, feng shui and supernatural phenomena, Lu Ban's techniques, Mohist mechanical arts, Gu poison, and corpse driving. It is written from the perspective of architecture students and building engineers about feng shui and supernatural events. It is currently being serialized on Tomato Novel Network.

33. 33 全 Ghost Tamers for All: I Can See Hidden Traits 全民御鬼：我能看见隐藏词条 Nan Zhu a南竺aUrban144k WordsCompleted [C-Rank Talent, Heart-Realm Mastery, Humbling Imperial-Rank Foes] After the great calamity, ghosts occupied seventy percent of Earth’s territory. Humanity huddled in thirteen cities built on spiritual ley lines, barely surviving with the help of ghost tamers. At the awakening ceremony, my talent was measured at C-rank. In theory, I could reach only the Heart Realm, destined to spend my life doing menial work for others. The entire crowd ignored me. No one paid any attention. Just as I wanted. I 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Talent Rank C, Ghost Rank SSS. Can see hidden attributes, specializes in picking up "trash ghosts" others don't want. What others see as useless, is my ace in the hole. Six female ghosts, six kinds of yandere, a daily battleground unfolds as they reclaim lost territory and protect China. The protagonist's C-rank talent slaps the face of an emperor.

34. 34 底 A Lowly Demonic Cultivator, Joining an Infinite Game from the Start 底层魔修，开局加入无限游戏 Crazy Ramblings疯言妄语Eastern Fantasy288k WordsOngoing [Fantasy + Infinite-Flow + Multiple Female Leads + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Demonic Sage] (The rating just came in. It’ll go up later~) After transmigrating to a world of immortal cultivation, Zhuge Xuan finds himself in a hellish situation from the start. His spiritual roots are poor, leaving no hope of pursuing the immortal path. Just as he falls into despair, he unexpectedly obtains a demonic inheritance. But in this world, the demonic path has been hunted to extinction by the so-calle 61Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    The Myriad Souls Banner, a demonic cultivation story, but despite being a demonic cultivator, the protagonist still retains humanity. The Myriad Souls Banner is a setting I like.

35. 35 天 A Celestial Master? I'm the Ghost Emperor 天师？我可是鬼帝 Hua Bu Zhuo Dan Ge华不着耽搁Urban496k WordsCompleted He was once one of the supreme Five Ghost Emperors of the Underworld, ruling Mount Luofu in the south and wielding awe-inspiring divine might. But according to the Underworld's structure, the other four regions were each jointly ruled by two emperors. Only his southern domain had long been guarded by him alone, through ten thousand years of solitude unknown to anyone. After one drunken binge, a moment of carelessness allowed a fragment of the sealed Demon Ancestor Luohou's soul to escape, unleas 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The most exciting premise of the year! The Ghost Emperor of the Underworld is demoted for a mistake and forced to become a Celestial Master in the mortal realm. Bearing the responsibilities of a Ghost Emperor in a mortal body—this is an explosive move! #UrbanCultivation #GhostCatching

36. 36 左 Unorthodox Paths: The Road to Immortality Begins with a Shaman 左道旁门，从巫祝开始的长生大道 A Lifetime of Sharpness一世锋芒Eastern Fantasy146k WordsOngoing Ye Feng, who can travel freely between two worlds, arrives in the strange realm of Yin and Yang. Here, people practice a unique form of shamanic cultivation. But Ye Feng soon discovers that something seems wrong with the way people cultivate in this world. “How can something as serious as cultivation be handled so carelessly?” “I thought I was the only one messing around, but the people of this world take things even further.” “Is my mission after transmigrating here to whip this ramshackle Yin- 17Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 玄 Invincible in the Mystic Heavens: Cultivation Starts at the Forge 玄天修仙从打铁开始无敌 A Short Life短短一生Eastern Fantasy745k WordsOngoing During a cross-world mission, a Nether Marshal falls into the Xu Tian cultivation world. Jian Sheng, an ordinary young man, carries a jade pendant bearing the character for “life,” wields a Netherworld demon-sealing blade, and shoulders secrets of life and death that no one knows. Silver-white deer antlers conceal the true meaning of the Dao. Devouring Gold Gu insects break through all laws. A bewitching nine-tailed demon fox accompanies him, while the Myriad Demons Tempering Body Art defies th 294Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Corpse refining, formations, immortal cultivation

38. 38 阵 High Battle Clouds: Heroes Languish in Solitude 阵云高：英雄寂寞 Ya Yu 16雅鱼16Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsOngoing Genius protagonist, no System, ruthless and decisive. Li Chengfeng, a genius formation master, uses formations to cultivate all kinds of mutated spirit insects. At last, he achieves a first-grade Golden Core. Just as everything seems to be going his way, he encounters a genius of the Ghost Clan. After a fierce battle, the Ghost Clan Golden Core cultivator dies, while Li Chengfeng, gravely wounded, is swept into a spatial black hole. A new legend is about to begin. 1.1kReads—Score136Shelves

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    A genius of formations, using formations to cultivate mutated spirit insects—a unique path to immortality.

39. 39 御 Ghost-Taming Son-in-Law: All My Beloved Ghost Servants Are Goddesses 御鬼赘婿：我的团宠鬼仆全是女神 Tun Xiaohan豚小憨Eastern Fantasy373k WordsCompleted [Ghost Taming➕Invincible Protagonist➕Rags-to-Riches Son-in-Law➕Anti-Trope] [System➕Multiple Heroines➕Supernatural Mystery➕Immortality] [Dark Revenge➕Ruthless Action➕Mastermind➕Devouring Evolution] [Underworld Intrigue➕Netherworld Business Wars➕Reincarnated Ghost Emperor➕Unhinged Farming] Transmigrate into the body of a useless son-in-law who's just been dumped? Lu Yunxiao laughs. He binds himself to a ghost-taming System: vengeful ghosts grant cultivation, while fierce ghosts become divine weapo 17Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    A non-traditional ghost-slaying story, more engaging and thrilling—come and read!

40. 40 收 Collecting Corpses, Ghosts, and Immortals 收尸，收诡，收仙人 Raincoat Warrior雨衣战神Eastern Fantasy545k WordsOngoing (Supernatural horror, cultivation, ordinary protagonist, no System, no transmigration) A poor young man from a small town becomes a corpse collector to earn enough to marry. Before long, he stumbles into a strange and magnificent world of immortals and gods... 848Reads—Score103Shelves

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    A fantasy cultivation novel featuring a protagonist who is an indigenous person from another world. No system, no transmigration, and a mortal protagonist—from a humble background, with no special bloodline or family history, and no cheat codes.

41. 41 囚 Haunted Academy: Exorcisms Begin in the Classroom 囚灵学怨：镇邪从上课开始 Easygoing Pen潇洒笔Mystery118k WordsOngoing Infinite-Flow + Horror + Mind-Bending Puzzles + Ruthless + Rule-Deciphering After an accident, Qin Feng ends up in a place called the Spirit-Prison Academy. He was supposed to go there to suppress evil spirits, but first he has to attend class. Chinese, math, PE, and more. The lessons seem simple, but they're fraught with unknown dangers. They have to uncover the hidden rules here to have any hope of surviving. A poor performance comes at the cost of your life! Ding, ding, ding, ding! I hear the 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A mind-bending novel, very interesting, similar to the kind of novels like "The Ghost House".

42. 42 尸 Corpse-Ghost Taoist: From Being Kidnapped to Starting at the Funeral Home 尸鬼道士，从被拐到义庄开始 It's Kongming是空明呀Mystery236k WordsOngoing When Li Cian'an opened his eyes, he was lying in a coffin. A monster with a rotting body and a Nuo god mask claimed to be his master. It said he had encountered a ghost three days ago and was already dead. It ordered Li Cian'an to brew medicine, refine pills, and feed cooked rice to the living, claiming it would "bring him back to life." A dozen or so coffins stood in neat rows in the funeral home, each holding one of his fellow disciples. His master said they had betrayed him, so he had turned 11Reads—Score226Shelves

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    Good books on rights are worth reading.

43. 43 千 Sword of a Thousand Kalpas 千劫轮回剑 Six-Petal Plum Blossom六瓣梅花Eastern Fantasy280k WordsCompleted Suddenly, his eyes flew open, and an incredulous light flashed in them. To his horror, he realized that the information flooding into his mind was an unparalleled, supreme, and mysterious cultivation technique: the Reincarnation Sword Manual! The Reincarnation Sword Manual was created specifically for the Reincarnation Divine Sword. Used together, the two complement each other, unleashing the technique’s astonishing power to its fullest and displaying devastating force beyond compare. Compared w 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are two fantasy novels worth reading. The protagonists both rise from the very bottom, diligently cultivating their way to the pinnacle of the cultivation world. There are no clichés or cheat codes. Everything is achieved through their own hard work and flexible thinking. Definitely worth reading.

44. 44 李 Li Erniu's Cultivation Journey 李二牛修仙 Six-Petal Plum Blossom六瓣梅花Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The Li Erniu Cultivation Trilogy. Erniu was born into a poor mountain village. Through a twist of fate, he obtained a cultivation manual, which accompanied him every step of the way as he pressed forward with unshakable resolve. After cultivating from the mortal realm to the Immortal Realm, he discovered that the Immortal Realm was nothing like the one he had imagined. Determined to find out the truth, Erniu resolutely set out on a search. He then discovered that beyond the world he inhabited la 2.4kReads6.9Score359Shelves
45. 45 血 Blood Ancestor's Path 血祖道 Maple Waiting for Dawn等待黎明的枫Eastern Fantasy544k WordsOngoing [A traditional cultivation story about an ordinary person. No transmigration from Earth, no System, no golden finger, and no heaven-defying treasures!!!] The struggle between outsiders and the clan: if you are not a direct descendant of the clan, you cannot establish a foundation. The struggle between lower and upper sects: if you are not a Golden Core cultivator of the sect, you cannot form a Nascent Soul. The struggle between humans and demons: if you are not a living being of the same race 465Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A world without spirits, a world of blood-based evil cultivation. No system, no cheat codes, no golden fingers. A traditional mortal cultivation journey.

46. 46 入 The Demon’s Mutation: A Golden-Water Spirit Root 入魔之变异的金水灵根 The Tree the Wind Can't Move风吹不动的树Eastern Fantasy255k WordsCompleted Killed the sect master's son? No problem. The master is a spy? No problem. What to do when a beauty discovers your secret? Knock her out and take her away... [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Tribulation Crossing, Lesser Immortal, Immortal King, Immortal Emperor, Lesser God, God King, Divine Lord] [Demon Ranks: Levels one through twelve. Levels one and two are lesser demons, levels three and four greater demons, level five a Demon King, level six a 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He wanted to cultivate immortality, but instead cultivated demonic arts. He wanted to become an immortal, but instead became a demon.

47. 47 成 Becoming a Zombie Ancestor 成僵做祖 Three Evils of the Mad Dragon狂龙三邪Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted On the otherworldly Qianyuan Continent, sects abound: the Daoist sects, the demonic sects, the Buddhist schools, and the heretical cults are locked in endless conflict. A little zombie refuses to accept his fate. Battling through every obstacle and cutting a bloody path through a world in chaos, he becomes the Zombie Ancestor of his age. 164Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 巫 The Uncanny Way of the Shaman Sect 巫门诡道 Three Evils of the Mad Dragon狂龙三邪Eastern Fantasy341k WordsOngoing In ancient times, the demon race ruled the heavens while the witch race ruled the earth. They fought to become the central force of the world, but both sides were left gravely wounded and brought to the brink of extinction. Humanity seized the opportunity to rise, assimilating other races and becoming the world’s dominant force. The once-mighty witch race fell into decline. Some fled to the underworld, some assimilated into humanity, and others perished one after another. Only one branch survive 22Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 末 Doomsday Doppelganger: This Reclusive Noble Has Turned to the Dark Side 末日分身：这个死宅贵族黑化了 Lucky Chubby Big Brother好运胖哥哥Eastern Fantasy556k WordsOngoing A funny transmigration-and-System novel featuring high-level magic and combat, leveling-up zombies, leveling-up clones, and an invincible main body. Wang Dahai, a corporate drudge, finds his soul in another world inside the body of a minor noble named Cade Nicola. The original owner was a good-for-nothing who couldn’t use magic or battle aura, but lucky for him, I’ve got a golden finger! 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Invincible, hilarious, and refreshing novel

50. 50 修 There's a Fat Guy in the Cultivation World Who's Ridiculously Cautious 修仙界有个胖子超苟 Lucky Chubby Big Brother好运胖哥哥Eastern Fantasy903k WordsCompleted (Beast-taming cultivation, unlimited leveling, power fantasy, stronger against strong foes and stronger still against the weak) Zhang Baiwang is a very fat young man from a small frontier city in the Xia Kingdom. His father is a merchant who had him late in life and spoils him, so Zhang Baiwang is both ignorant and uneducated. However, having grown up around his father's business, he's picked up some knack for reading people. By a stroke of luck, he obtains an ancient divine artifact, the Demon- 678Reads—Score—Shelves

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