Looking for Short, Episodic Stories Like The Hundred Demon Spectrum, with Recurring Main Characters 求单元短篇小说,像《百妖谱》这样的,有主要人物
Translated by GPT-6 Luna
In this list
Reader notes translated by Google Translate
165
-
151
In Search of Demons 寻妖记
The Search for Demons is a long novel featuring Tao Hongjing, the founding patriarch of the Maoshan School of Taoism. It blends demons, horror, gods and devils, cultivation, the supernatural, metaphysics, and many other elements. The nearly three hundred years from the Jin dynasty through the Northern and Southern dynasties were a chaotic age when demons ran rampant and tales of the strange appeared one after another. The Maoshan Taoist priests who feature in so many novels today trace their fou
45Reads9.1Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
152
A Song to Summon Souls 引魂辞
The Yin-Yang Messenger travels between two worlds, guiding souls or collecting debts. Beneath a peaceful and prosperous age lie secrets of the capital, one after another. Whose love will be severed, whose heart betrayed? Amid the splendor of a fleeting dream, let us remember that prosperous times are hard-won. The soul-guiding songs fade away, and all that came before is scattered. One ghost, one past life: let me tell you the tale in detail… This is a story about chatting with ghosts, keeping t
245Reads8.9Score103Shelves
-
153
Sunny Senior Home 阳光敬老院
Ivy vines had painted a picture across the walls of the nursing home, just like they did on every old building. Liyu stood at the entrance, inexplicably gripped by fear. “Is my social anxiety acting up again? No, no! Go home? But this is a government job!” Liyu thought it over, then strode forward. “A job is a chance to be reborn.” From that day on, Liyu's life changed dramatically. A nursing home, but which world do the elderly come from? A heartwarming slice-of-life story, no romance, with sta
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
154
Crossing the Wheel of Rebirth 轮回渡
[Short Episodic Stories + Xuanhuan + Deep, Tragic Love + Multiple Couples] Legend has it that after death, the soul enters the underworld. Only after drinking Meng Po's soup and crossing the Naihe Bridge can it reach the Hall of Yama and be reincarnated. All things under heaven have their own ties from past lives! [Breaking the Vows] Obeying his master's orders, he descended the mountain to travel the world. In a barren land, he used the little water he had left to save her dying life and help h
465Reads8.2Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
155
Mr. Embroidered Uniform Guard, You Dropped Your Cigarette 锦衣卫先生你烟掉了
Xiang Niannian is an expert in restoring ancient paintings and calligraphy, and runs a small gallery to make ends meet. Unlike other experts, the figures in the paintings she touches come to life. Each one stays in the human world for seven days, then returns to the page after fulfilling a wish. Only that Jin Yi Guard refuses to leave, shamelessly lingering around her. “Visitor’s Guide to Gallery No. 13” 1. That live-action Calabash Brothers lookalike is not Wang Zulan. Don’t ask him for an aut
900Reads9.2Score163Shelves
-
156
Tales from the Monster House 妖舍物语
Antique curios that bear the full range of human emotions and desires, imbued with strange, uncanny spirits; a mysterious shopkeeper carrying a scroll of green bamboo slips, who has drifted through countless years at his leisure; a lively, spirited boy with catlike eyes and an outlandish style of dress; an ancient shop, weathered and quaint, waiting for someone fated to find their way inside... This is Yaoshe. It has appeared amid the bustle of prosperous cities, and opened its doors to customer
93Reads9.0Score—Shelves
-
157
The Legend of Zhou Yi 周易传奇
Part Four: Gen (Mountain) Section (Chapters 049–060) The Four Symbols Guardians and the Feather Clan are transporting a divine island to the Bohai Sea when they pass Mount Fuyu and discover that an array is blocking their way. After Ju Mang and Qing Nü make inquiries, they learn that this is the territory of Yan Province and that the array was set up by its leader, the Mountain God. Meanwhile, Ju Mang and Qing Nü fall in love. The Four Symbols Guardians visit the Mountain God to seek a solution,
3Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
158
Tales of a Floating Life: Volume Three, Part Two 浮生物语·叁(下)
The lost ancient Azure Amber still has to be gathered in full. The pregnant landlady sets off with her husband and friends, surviving one life-and-death ordeal after another and meeting six unruly former deities: Fu Lao, who switched careers to become the God of Death; Jin Lao, who pinches every penny; Yue Lao, who breaks up couples... Their seemingly cold actions conceal kind intentions. Along with the touching and startling encounters brought by these new friends, the Inn of No End finally wel
20Reads7.0Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
159
Tales of a Floating Life V, Part Two: Shaluo and Aochi 浮生物语·伍(下)裟椤敖炽
Jia and Yi have betrayed them, taking the landlady's dearest friends from the Inn of No End. She and Ao Chi set out in search of Ximing's Nether Sea, the source of all monsters. To find the Insect Emperor, who knows everything worth knowing, they venture deep into dangerous Atula and discover the Dark Web, where evil thoughts grow rampant. Then an old grudge pulls them in, bringing the past to light. Behind a “prophecy” lie Ao Chi's “disappearance” and a crisis threatening the Dragon Clan. But t
31Reads7.4Score—Shelves
-
160
Tales of a Floating Life IV, Part Two: The Heavenly Garment Marquis 浮生物语·肆(下)天衣侯人
The landlady's family is finally reunited, and they continue running the Inn of No End in the Kingdom of Yumen, facing all kinds of customers every day: Boss Ma, searching for his son's soul; the mysterious Marquis Tianyi; Boss Cheng, looking for his house; the unsmiling Nie Qiaoren; and a pair of siblings who have lost their shadows... The seemingly peaceful Kingdom of Yumen is shrouded in mystery and strangeness. The Three Prefectures examination is being held again, but does the “Dragonbone L
12Reads7.1Score—Shelves
-
161
Tales of a Floating Life V, Part One: The Nether Sea of Ximing 浮生物语·伍(上)西溟幽海
The landlady's family has returned from the Kingdom of Yumen to Wangchuan, only to be ambushed. It turns out that Wu Cang Shuangqing, the Dragon King of the North Sea, has come specifically to “deal with” Ao Chi and the landlady because of a Dragon Clan prophecy. Meanwhile, one of the Twelve Divine Stones, the Silk Fox Eye, has gone missing. The landlady helped recover it, so the Heavenly Emperor sent people to the East Sea to find her. To protect those around them and clear their names, the lan
24Reads7.0Score—Shelves
-
162
Tales of a Floating Life IV, Part One: Lord of Fishgate 浮生物语·肆(上)鱼门国主
The innkeeper returns to the East Sea with her whole family to visit relatives. Through a series of twists and turns, she is exiled to the “Kingdom of Fishgate” and made its ruler. Yet this secluded land in the depths of the sea is full of mysterious stories: a local dog that guards the road, a “tiger” that repays a kindness, a snake that loves wearing wedding robes... The innkeeper returns to her old trade and opens Neverending once more, specializing in finding lost things for people. Through
22Reads7.2Score—Shelves
-
163
Tales of a Floating Life: Volume Three, Part One 浮生物语·叁(上)
Tiandi heads to the East Sea to claim the mysterious Twelve Coffins of the Spirit Phoenix. For this, the pregnant tree-spirit landlady drives her motorhome north, a full load of tea on board, and sets out to find eleven mysterious Azure Amber stones. Along the way, she meets all sorts of people and hears even more fascinating stories: Tao the Doll, whose heart is clouded by jealousy; the little bear Ganji, covered in ears that can hear people's thoughts; the donkey Jiu Shi Ba, who loves berries
17Reads7.1Score—Shelves
-
164
Solomon's Perjury (Complete in Three Volumes) 所罗门的伪证(全三册)
A timeless classic of Japanese mystery fiction! The wounds hidden by lies will never heal. Only the truth can bring healing. A group of ordinary teenagers face a bizarre death at their school during the summer they turn fourteen. Fearlessly, they challenge the rules of the adult world. In that summer, malice twists human nature, but the truth the teenagers unearth together will ultimately heal their hearts. Part One: The Incident A boy's death is a mirror, reflecting good and evil, falsehood and
—Reads8.6Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
165
I Was Raised by Monsters 我被怪物养大
The story is set in a modern city in a parallel world. Legend has it that City A is home to an urban myth called the White Cat Agency. The agency is run by a group of monsters and demons. As long as you pay the appropriate price, they'll fulfill any request you make. Money, organs, emotions, memories, years of life... Anything could become a bargaining chip. Seventeen years ago, an infant boy of unknown origins was found by the agency's owner and raised by a group of monsters. Seventeen years l
2.2kReads9.6Score344Shelves
Reader note