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1. 1 天 The Greatest Pawnshop Under Heaven 天字第一當 Horseback Fishing骑马钓鱼Mystery6.5M WordsCompleted By day, this pawnshop looks utterly ordinary, but it has one strange rule: anyone who pawns an item or buys an unredeemed one gets a free fortune reading. Stranger still, once midnight comes, the shop welcomes all kinds of bizarre visitors… 3.6kReads8.9Score415Shelves

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   The Grand Master of Pawnshops, a tradition spanning a thousand years

2. 2 我 I Made a Pact with the Gods: Tomb Raiding and Gu Poison Made Me Rich! 我与神明画押，盗墓炼蛊发家！ Lord Buddha of the Nine Gates九门佛爷Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Su Jing transmigrates into a world that combines various tomb-raiding stories and awakens the Gu Master System from the start, refining the Spring and Autumn Cicada! Spring and Autumn Cicada: Wields the power of time and can turn it back within a limited area! He joins the Iron Triangle in Worm Valley to seek out exotic insects and beasts. Blood-Draining Dragon Boa Gu! It can control blood mist, and anyone who touches it dies! Impervious to blades and bullets, fire and water! Blade-Winged Eagle 18.8kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves

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   The first book is about drumming, and it has a system. The second book is about the protagonist transmigrating to a pre-apocalyptic world, involving magical battles and such. The third book, well, it's about unorthodox and unorthodox methods.

3. 3 仙 The Land Every Immortal Sect Must Fight For 仙家必争之地 Xia Mi XL虾米XLUrban3.0M WordsCompleted [Gods of Huaxia] [Divine Processions] [Folk Customs] [Cultivation] [Invincible] Beneath the land of Huaxia lie countless people, immortals, gods, Buddhas, evils, and demons... In 2449, when the eerie moon appeared and evil forces launched an all-out invasion, humanity was raised as livestock for blood and plunged into an eternal night. Xu Wangyou, reborn with the Record of Gods and Immortals in hand, goes against the tide, saves a collapsing world, crushes the myriad races of the heavens, and re 16.1kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
4. 4 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
5. 5 你 Why Pick on Her? She's Got Powerful Backing 你惹她干啥！她下面有人 Yueyue Loves to Take a Look悦悦爱瞅瞅Modern Romance670k WordsCompleted *Original title: “CEO, Your Wife Is Pawning Knives Again” A knife is a pledge, and a word is a promise. When a prophecy comes true, it’s time to collect the reward. That’s what a knife pawnbroker does in the world of mysticism. Tu Shanjiu is the 283rd-generation knife pawnbroker. Her talent for the mystic arts surpasses everyone else in her family. Her divinations are uncannily accurate, and she can communicate with ghosts and gods. Unfortunately, because of a curse placed on the Tu Shan family 35.7kReads9.2Score4.9kShelves

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   The female lead is a knife seller; she's very strong and feared, so she's cursed to marry someone with great fortune—that is, the male lead.

6. 6 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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   A complete book for you

7. 7 诡 Eerie Tattoos 诡纹 Daoist of Jiangnan江南道长Mystery3.9M WordsCompleted My grandfather was a tattoo artist, but the things he tattooed were seriously sinister… 7.5kReads9.1Score783Shelves

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   "The Tattoo Artist" and "The Doll Seller"—both are good books.

8. 8 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
9. 9 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

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   This protagonist was born with the destiny of the King of Hell, and possesses supernatural abilities such as spirit gates, divination, and feng shui. No one can defeat him in a one-on-one fight.

10. 10 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

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    I don't know if I count watching the first one in one go, but it was quite good. The second one, I don't think so, but it was also quite good, really.

11. 11 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
12. 12 诡 The Demon Rental Contract 诡契约之恶魔出租 The Devil Who Got Rich Overnight一夜暴富的恶魔Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Demon Rental Shop. What wish would you like to have granted? Revenge? Money? Power? Love? Or any other desire? If you want it, the demons will make it happen. Of course, everything comes at a price. 14.5kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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    A rational boss, attractive employees, and a compelling story. The theme of equivalent exchange runs throughout the entire piece, which is very nice.

13. 13 个 I Chose Corpse Driving as My Profession, and the Police Are Losing It 个人职业填赶尸，警察麻了 If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them打不过我加入Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted During summer break, Jiang Bai boldly ventured into the mountains of Xixiang and became a corpse walker. He rings the soul-summoning bell, strikes the ritual gong, and walks between the realms of yin and yang. Even ghosts and gods give way! As Jiang Bai leads corpse after corpse out of the mountains, a passing streamer happens to capture it on camera. The whole internet goes wild! "Holy crap, that's the first time I've seen someone offer a cigarette to a corpse. I'm impressed! Old Liu from Shang 10.7kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves

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    Corpse-driving in western Hunan is definitely an ancient profession. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

14. 14 直 Livestream: A Mountain Forager Starting with a Fish Hooked in the Mouth 直播：从死鱼正口开始的跑山人 Di Jiutian帝九天Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Bei had been able to hear the mountain god’s voice since childhood. Having grown up at the foot of Changbai Mountain and made his living foraging in the mountains, he affectionately called the local mountain god Old Bai. But gods live on faith, and as technology advanced, more and more mountain gods became mere legends. To help Old Bai regain his power, Zhang Bei started livestreaming his mountain foraging trips. Ginseng buried deep underground for a thousand years, and lingzhi mushroom 15.5kReads9.5Score1.5kShelves

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    I absolutely love this book. The protagonist is a mountain runner, and I personally think his only special ability is his ability to communicate with the mountain god. And it's not... Well, it's just incredibly powerful. Although he can communicate with the mountain god, there's nothing particularly special or bizarre about the plot. Moreover, the protagonist himself puts in considerable effort. Unlike other live-streaming novels where the protagonist gains everything instantly, this one truly engages the reader, without any major jumps in plot. It's a fantastic novel, highly recommended!

15. 15 去 I Went on a Blind Date, and My Identity as a Yellow River Corpse Retriever Was Exposed 去相亲，黄河捞尸人身份曝光了 Urban Glory都市荣耀Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Lin Yan was a corpse retriever. In his previous life, he violated the three taboos of the trade and was consumed by baleful energy, only to be reborn by accident. After binding to the Corpse Retriever System, he returns to his old profession and becomes the last corpse retriever in a parallel world! This time, he swears he won't repeat the mistakes of his past life! But unexpectedly, he ends up trending online. UC: “Shocking! Celebrity W 2.1kReads7.8Score264Shelves

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    The first book—I originally searched for "Little Dragon's Corpse Retriever" but ended up with this one. I've been enjoying stories with live streams lately, so I gave it a try. Overall, it was alright. The second book is one of the few Foundation-related fanfics. By the way, don't pay attention to the numbering when you read it, because if you do, the book is gone.

16. 16 直 Live-Streaming Anomalies: The Entire Internet Begs Me to Contain Them! 直播科普异常，全网跪求我收容！ Rat-a-tat-tat Squad突突突寄队Urban769k WordsOngoing [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + No Female Lead + Foundation] After waking up in a parallel universe, Su Xiu sees the news reporting abnormal people everywhere and is completely stunned. Fortunately, he has his own golden finger: by explaining information related to them, he can earn a large number of knowledge points, which he can exchange for the various powers of the Central Abnormality Association. And once he successfully contains an anomaly, he can even extract its abilities. And so! Su Xiu sets 454Reads8.3Score109Shelves
17. 17 规 Rule Horror: My Taoist Name Is Zhang Tianshi! 规则怪谈，我的道号张天师！ A Quarter Past Three in the Morning寅时三刻Mystery500k WordsCompleted Wild imagination + Invincible + Rule Horror + No female lead + Mystery + Horror This isn't mindless wish fulfillment. There's a plot, so don't read if that's not your thing. The Horrors descended across the globe. After being battered by one eerie disaster after another, the Dragon Kingdom steadily declined, and its standing on the world stage plummeted! Another eerie trial was looming, and the Dragon Kingdom was on the verge of total ruin! But then, a famous figure from the Dragon Kingdom was d 10.4kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
18. 18 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
19. 19 退 The Retired Judge Goes on a Rampage in Horror Games 退休判官在惊悚游戏杀疯了 Chu Jiujiu楚九九Mystery856k WordsOngoing [No heroine, no romance, infinite instances + invincible from the start + urban supernatural + helping ghosts get revenge + occasional livestreaming] Retired Judge Lu Yi is dragged into the Grievance-Quelling System. He’s rehired for overtime as soon as he retires, and he’s more resentful than a ghost! . The female ghost says in a hollow voice, “You can’t leave unless you help me fulfill my wish...” Lu Yi grabs her head and swings her around like a meteor hammer! Lu Yi: “Are you coming with me 826Reads9.0Score104Shelves
20. 20 暑 Caught Tomb Raiding During My Summer Job, My Qilin Tattoo Exposed 暑假兼职盗墓被抓，麒麟纹身曝光 I Use Cai Wenji我用蔡文姬Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted After returning from a summer job, Qin Ye was found by the criminal investigation team to be suspected of involvement in major cultural artifact smuggling operations, including tomb raiding. They issued an order to arrest him. But by chance, internet celebrity Dai Xiaomei was livestreaming at the time, and the news spread online. The whole internet was stunned. “So my bro Qin is a tomb raider?” “Holy crap, other people work summer jobs during summer break, but he spends his summer robbing tombs? 4.1kReads6.4Score416Shelves
21. 21 讨 A Policewoman Asked Me to Marry Her, and the Nation Wants Me to Step Up 讨封女警当老婆，国家请我出山 The Green Hills Remain as Ever青山如故Urban528k WordsCompleted Bai Yuan transmigrates into a white fox and embarks on the path of Earthly Immortal cultivation. Three hundred years later, as the twenty-first century arrives, he can finally seek a mortal’s blessing and take human form. After weighing his options, he blocks the path of a drunk female police officer. Bai Yuan: “Miss, wait a moment. Could I ask what you think I look like?” The woman stares at him, dazed. “???” Bai Yuan: “Take a good look at the way I walk on two legs. Don’t I look like...” The w 1.7kReads7.0Score129Shelves
22. 22 白 Bai Lu: My Husband Only Teaches the Kids Creepy Skills 白露：我老公，尽教孩子阴间技能 The Cat Whose Tail Got Stepped On踩了尾巴的猫Urban728k WordsCompleted Su Cheng transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes Bai Lu's husband, who stays behind the scenes. Bai Lu earns money to support the family, while Su Cheng stays home looking pretty and taking care of the child. Until one day, hoping to grow closer to her daughter, Bai Lu takes little Xiaoxiao to a parent-child variety show called “Super Mom.” The show asks the children to draw their mothers' favorite things. Xiaoxiao grabs a box of colored pencils and a ruler, then perfectly draws a hund 3kReads8.0Score236Shelves
23. 23 玄 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Become the Underworld’s Yin Son of Heaven 玄幻：开局成为地府阴天子 Immortal Star Lodging星宿老仙Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The King of Hell says you die at the third watch. Who would dare keep you alive until the fifth? Qi Yun transmigrates to another world and becomes the Underworld’s Yin Emperor. He summons the Ten Kings of Hell and the Four Ghost Emperors, establishing a supreme underworld and restoring order to the world. “What? An old man named Yao Chen is hiding inside a ring? What are we waiting for? He’s a ghost lingering among the living right under my underworld’s nose. Go arrest him and drag him down here 1.8kReads7.9Score110Shelves
24. 24 举 Report! There's a Magician Here Casting Spells 举报！这有个魔术师在施展魔法 A Little Rascal一条小坏蛋Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + urban life + System + tycoon + pets + supernatural powers] From the start, magician Bai Ye awakens a System and gains mysterious magic such as fire, ice, and spatial powers. From then on, he livestreams magical performances in public under the guise of magic tricks. Grilling oysters with his bare hands, summoning a meteor shower of fire, making “iced” cola, making a person vanish... The whole internet is stunned: “Streamer! You call this a magic trick? This is obviously real mag 8.3kReads9.2Score837Shelves
25. 25 店 The Store Manager Is Actually a Vampire Prince 店长竟是吸血鬼亲王 Hei Shi黑喰Urban627k WordsCompleted They say that deep in an unremarkable street in City B, Country M, there's a remarkable antique shop. “Portrait of the macho Lisa, the Qingming Scroll of Shanghai, the mighty Zweihander of Alexander the Great...” You can find it all here. And the shopkeeper is an extraordinary man, too. He's a vampire, a vampire prince who has lived for two thousand years. “Boss, are all the antiques in our shop real?” The new employee stares in shock. “They're all real. I painted some of them, and I stole other 2kReads9.2Score175Shelves
26. 26 直 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.1kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves

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    One book features a mountain god as the main character. The other features a ghost messenger from the underworld. Both have scores above nine points.

27. 27 玄 Xuanhuan: I Lead Hundreds of Millions of Yin Soldiers to Rebuild the Underworld 玄幻：我率领亿万阴兵，重建地府 Xiao Jiang Next Door隔壁小江Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted Chen Qiye transmigrated into a fantasy world, only to find it crawling with countless vicious ghosts that preyed on people and stole their lives. Fortunately, the most powerful Underworld Emperor System awakened within him. Summon Heibai Wuchang to seize wandering souls and slay evil ghosts! Summon the Yin soldiers and generals, throw open the gates of the underworld, and set a hundred ghosts roaming by night! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, uphold good, and keep the mortal realm i 15.5kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
28. 28 总 CEO Wife, Don’t Run! Your Taoist Priest Is Coming 总裁老婆你别跑，贫道来也 Bearded Uncle虬髯大叔Mystery651k WordsCompleted [Urban] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Cultivation] The Great Emperor of Fengdu is reborn to cultivate anew. In his previous life, he followed the Way of the Sword. In this life, he follows the Way of Being a Jerk! After marrying Su Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Su family in Yunhai City, Li Yang starts causing trouble at every turn and acting like a complete scoundrel. He catches evil spirits, exorcises zombies, flirts with his wife, and gets up to all kinds of mischief... 5.3kReads8.8Score331Shelves
29. 29 茅 Disciple of the Maoshan Sect 茅山门徒 Master of the Dragontail Studio曳尾斋主Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted A strange antique shop where the owner uses his ghostly eyes to appraise treasures and spends a fortune buying ghost bones! Think the owner only knows how to appraise antiques? Think again. He can read beautiful women, too! The domineering female CEO, the hottest star, an unconventional beauty, the pure-hearted campus belle, the girl next door… He can see right through you with a single glance! 7.1kReads9.0Score636Shelves
30. 30 最 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Dancing Lone Spirit舞独魂灵Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.9kReads9.1Score1kShelves
31. 31 法 The Peerless Mage 法师无双 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted A top sorcerer who once led the Heavenly Masters’ Court returns, only to be cast out by his powerful family. As he prepares to leave, he discovers that his younger female cousin has fallen victim to dark magic… 3.9kReads9.1Score483Shelves
32. 32 道 The Dao God Among Mortals 道神在人间 Xie Hongtao谢鸿涛Mystery413k WordsCompleted Since the rise of humanity, the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Paths have stood side by side. The Heavenly Path sets the rules and restrains all living beings; the Earthly Path governs reincarnation and judges right and wrong, good and evil; while the Human Path takes the form of a Dao God, traveling through the mortal world to slay ghosts, monsters, and demons. But sometimes, the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts and demons... What does it mean to cultivate the Dao? It isn't about the de 2.9kReads9.0Score180Shelves
33. 33 最 The Last Knife Seller 最后一个赊刀人 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery4.9M WordsCompleted They are wandering prophets who travel the four corners of the world. Skilled in feng shui, they roam the mortal realm with a bundle of cleavers and scissors on their backs, and wherever they go, they leave behind a prophecy about what they have seen. “Keep this cleaver. If an elder in your family dies of consumption within five years, I'll come back to collect payment.” They are heirs to an ancient Daoist tradition from a distant place, able to pronounce life and death with ironclad certainty a 53.1kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves

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    🍉🍉Book One, The Mandate of Heaven: The Knife-Borrower [Cool], a kitchen knife cuts through feng shui, Lian Shan Gui Zang calculates cause and effect, born at the Awakening of Insects and ending at the Winter Solstice, the Dao flows, ghosts and gods cannot invade!! 🍉🍉Book Two, The Yellow River Corpse Retriever [You'll understand], the heavens patrol regularly, all things have their consequences, good and evil are rewarded! Act according to the rules, ride a bamboo raft, and travel freely on the Yellow River! "Big brother, vegetables, retrieval!" [Cool] 🍉🍉Book Two, A Taoist Reincarnated in Another World: [Understood] Starting with a knife, a... Cough cough! Becoming a Celestial Master, the Golden Light Divine Mantra displays supernatural powers [Cool], the Five Thunder Orthodox Method sweeps away demons and evil, the Qimen Dunjia changes heaven and earth! Let's see the Chinese Celestial Master traverse another world!

34. 34 让 You Hired Me at a Funeral Home, and I Brought My Wife 让你入职殡仪馆，你把媳妇带来了 Yesterday's Northern Border昨日北境Mystery965k WordsCompleted I am Xu Ziye, born with a body that is “like Tang Monk’s flesh” to evil spirits: born in a yin year, yin month, and yin hour, with a pure-yin Water destiny. Grandpa said I wouldn’t live past the age of three. To keep my fate in check, he gave me the most yin name of all, “Ziye.” He even arranged an unbelievable “marriage” for me while I was still in swaddling clothes: a ghost marriage to someone in the underworld. Thanks to the protection of this “ghost wife,” I survived into adulthood. But no o 153Reads6.6Score—Shelves
35. 35 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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    "So many high-quality ghosts, looks like I'll have to put my old tricks to use." Zhao Shan walked to a corpse, held a talisman in his hand, stuck it on the corpse's forehead, and pulled it out. "Follow me!" Zhao Shan snapped his fingers and stepped onto the next corpse. The ghost, still with the talisman on its forehead, followed him blankly, quickly forming a line behind him, exuding a chilling aura. These ghosts he had captured were all subordinates of the gambling king for many years, and naturally, they were not benevolent. Even after becoming ghosts, they possessed a fierce and malevolent aura. Given time, it wasn't impossible for them to become a group of vengeful spirits. But clearly, they didn't have that chance. To Zhao Shan, these ghosts were like high-quality materials, useful whether for forging weapons, cultivating other ghosts, or simply extracting their malevolent aura for practicing magic. This process was what evil cultivators commonly called soul refining.

36. 36 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves

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    You should check this out. The main character is a shamanic disciple, and the writing is excellent. I highly recommend it to seasoned bookworms.

37. 37 小 The Little Taoist Nun Has a Rebellious Streak 小道姑一身反骨 20/100 Vision视力零点二一Ancient Romance747k WordsCompleted “As a hired assassin, killing is my specialty. I make sure my clients go peacefully.” “Be good. You don't need to cover your head. I'd never ruin that pretty face of yours. That would make it harder to carry your head to the Judicial Office and collect the reward.” The moon slanted over the river as night settled in. Mist hung thick in the air, dreamlike and hazy. Only the dim oil lamp hanging from a covered boat on the Qiantang River cast a faint, wavering glow. A small gray-robed Taoist, impos 24.6kReads9.5Score3.8kShelves

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    [Already recommended] [Added to bookshelf] The little Taoist nun is also a ghostwriter, carrying a blood feud and a heart full of national righteousness! "As a ghostwriter, killing is my specialty, and my main method is to send people on their way without pain." "Good boy, don't protect your head. I can't bear to smash your face. It will affect my ability to carry the head to the Ministry of Justice to collect the reward."

38. 38 不 Seriously, Your Metaphysics Club Is Way Too Obscure 不是，你们玄学小组也太冷门了吧 Yueyue Loves to Take a Look悦悦爱瞅瞅Modern Romance480k WordsCompleted [No romance + ensemble cast + supernatural ghost hunting + folk horror tales + only a little family drama, which wraps up quickly] Fang Shining was born with a mental disability. Her parents dumped her in the countryside with her father, a folk sorcerer, and never gave her another thought. When she was nineteen, the village was demolished, and she was brought back to the Fang family. On the day she returned, everyone mocked the Fang family's idiot eldest daughter for coming home, and the family 35.7kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves

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    The village guardian [Learned it][Learned it][Learned it][Flying kiss][Sparrow eats masterpiece][Bookshelf added]

39. 39 我 My Yin-Yang Eyes Only Work on Haunted Houses 我的阴阳眼只刷凶宅 Yumeng Won't Get Hurt妖梦不会受伤Mystery2.6M WordsOngoing [Ratings have just opened, so they're a little low. They'll rise soon] [A protagonist who grows over time] Lu Li has yin-yang eyes, and his gray pupils can see ghosts. His life motto is simple: staying alive comes first, making money second! Unfortunately, those cursed eyes always make him witness suffering that others can't see. A ghost woman with hair bristling with resentment, a ghost bride with blood dripping from her red veil, a ghost baby wailing at midnight, even a sinister-looking ghost 37.1kReads8.9Score4kShelves
40. 40 白 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 51.9kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves

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    The main character is a corpse-stitching man from one of the four lower sects of the Yin Jiu Sect. The plot is fast-paced and very engaging.

41. 41 我 I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案，晚上地府当差 Mr. Youyong幼庸先生Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha 21.3kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves

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    [Single female lead + traditional supernatural + professional knowledge of funerals and shamanism + author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realism in details. I am Zhong Kui, born with pure Yang energy, capable of exorcising demons and ghosts, and deterring evil spirits. From birth, various forces vied to take me as their disciple. A group of monks and Taoist priests said I had the potential to become a celestial master and a high-ranking monk, and they fought over me, not to mention that even the country and the underworld got involved! Later, the Emperor of Fengdu even took me as his disciple!]

42. 42 土 The Local Official 土官 Si Yu司峿Mystery754k WordsCompleted In some parts of northern China, a local ritual master is the person who presides over funeral rites. The role is semi-official, and local ritual masters are also responsible for the village shrines to the Earth God. As the times change, this profession is destined to disappear. But the protagonist, whose mother died when he was ten, finds a different path: he lives with an open heart and no fear, and with kindness in his heart and no regrets. 4.6kReads8.9Score477Shelves
43. 43 我 I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧 Dragon-Taming Pool御龙潭Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ 38.7kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves
44. 44 末EN Apocalypse Underworld Emperor: After Dark, I Make the Rules 末世地下皇帝，天黑以后我说的算 Koala Loves Pigs考拉爱猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.2M WordsCompleted (No System, passionate, brotherhood, not an invincible protagonist, high martial arts) (Ensemble cast, every character has a distinct personality and their own moments to shine) A young man framed and imprisoned by his own boss unexpectedly gains the blood of the Demon Ancestor and awakens as a superpowered fighter, embarking on a path of revenge. The story of a group of youths from the bottom of society fighting their way up. A legend about a young man who rises to become the Underworld Emperor 62.9kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves

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    (Lei Zi's Profession) A story of brotherhood and fierce battles. A group portrait of demons and tigers, each character has their own shining moment. "Brothers are swords, I'll be the sheath, you be the blade. One strike, one strike, together we slay our enemies, burning with karmic flames!" Exciting, isn't it? What are brothers? "Brothers are mountains, you are the green hill, I am the tree, our roots are deep and inseparable, our brotherhood will last a lifetime." What are brothers? "Brothers are wine, you take a sip, I take a sip, fearless of life and death, we'll walk together, and in the next life we'll take the heads of our enemies." You'll only understand if you watch it!

45. 45 大 Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Taoist Priest! 大哥，你是警察啊，不是道士！ Mou Zui谋醉Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [If you dislike cutesy, whimpering heroines, read no further] [Also known as: Me, a humble paper effigy maker, and you want me to crack a major case] When Yue Dong went to a telecom service center to cancel his late grandfather’s phone service, the staff gave him a hard time. “Rules are rules. The account holder has to be here in person!” “You have to follow the rules!” Yue Dong laughed in exasperation, then waved his hand and used his paper effigy-making skills to summon his late grandfather. T 71.6kReads9.2Score7.4kShelves

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    The protagonist is a paper craftsman, yet the government sends him to solve a case, which has a touch of mysticism to it [laughs][laughs]

46. 46 斩 The Dragon-Slaying Celestial Master 斩龙天师 WS ExaggeratedWS浮夸Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Dragon Slayers are members of a mysterious and ancient profession. They travel through remote, rugged lands and move among towns and cities, setting feng shui, driving away demons, and subduing rivers. Yang Xuan is the last Dragon Slayer of the modern age. Watch as he conquers the city, reverses the forces of yin and yang, and ultimately becomes a Heavenly Master and Bodhisattva of his generation. In the world of mysticism, I reign supreme. Who could stand against me? 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Learned] Dragon Slayer, an ancient and mysterious profession. They traverse desolate mountains and treacherous waters, wandering between cities and countryside, stabilizing feng shui, exorcising evil spirits, and calming rivers. The protagonist is the last Dragon Slayer; watch as he dominates the city, reigning supreme in the mystical world, invincible to all.

47. 47 龙 The Dragon Squad Leader's Retired Life 龙组组长的退休日常 Nie Fanchen涅凡尘Urban865k WordsCompleted That year, he was the head of the Dragon Group, the most mysterious organization in the East. That year, he led the Dragon Group in crushing the Western Dark Council. The vampires submitted to him, and the Japanese ninjas vanished completely. This year, all he wants is to be an ordinary person. But leaving the underworld is easy. Washing your hands of it for good is hard! 336Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 道 The Taoist Master Who Loves to Take It Easy 道门大闲人 Young Master Zhu朱公子Urban2.1M WordsCompleted When Li Miaoyi came down from the mountain to enter the world, he had hoped to travel the mortal realm and live as an idle Daoist. Who could have guessed he had a fiancee he'd never even met, who wanted him to give up his religious life and marry into her family? 1.4kReads—Score108Shelves
49. 49 大 The Great Dao Dies, but I Live On; Even as Spiritual Energy Dries Up, I Remain Evergreen 大道死而我不死，灵气枯竭我长青 Principal Typhoon台风校长Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Immortality + no System + not a power fantasy + fictional setting + slow-paced] [The story mainly follows the protagonist as he travels and witnesses the changes after spiritual energy dries up.] Have you seen an age of prosperity, when spiritual energy was abundant, countless races rose to prominence, and geniuses shone like stars in the sky? But have you ever lived through an era when spiritual energy ran dry, all magic withered, and the Great Dao died? Have you seen a vast immortal dynasty g 41.1kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves

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    "The spiritual energy has completely vanished." Lush green mountains, rippling blue waters, a lone boat. Two figures on the boat: a man in white robes and an old boatman. The man in white robes reclined at the stern, stretched, and, having just woken up, unscrewed the gourd at his waist, downing a mouthful of century-old brew. Slightly bitter, fragrant, and lingering, it was quite carefree. "Sir, what is this spiritual energy you speak of?" The old boatman asked curiously. "Spiritual energy..." Hearing the boatman's question, the man in white robes rested his hands behind his head, his gaze piercing through the clouds, outwardly calm, but inwardly filled with sorrow. Yes... It had been three hundred years since the spiritual energy began to wither. People in the world had even forgotten what spiritual energy was. Memories flashed through his mind, and he downed another mouthful of wine. The rich, fragrant aroma attracted fish to gather in the lake. The man in white robes was named Li Changxiao, an immortal being, and also a transmigrator. Back then, he was still an infant, but his intelligence had already awakened due to his transmigration. Looking around, he found himself in a simple palace. He knew he had been reincarnated into the right family.

50. 50 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 579.3kReads9.4Score60.9kShelves

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