Looking for Stories About Esoteric Cultivation, Where It Comes at a Cost or Risks Spiraling Out of Control 求诡异修行类的，修行有代价或者会失控

1. 151 死 Die, Die, Die, Die, Die! I'm Screwed! Give Me a Way Out! 死死死死死，丸辣，给条活路吧！ Egg-Fried Potatoes鸡蛋炸土豆Eastern Fantasy108k WordsOngoing [Transmigrating to Another World + Decisive and Ruthless + Clear-Headed + Monsters Run Amok + Slow-Burn Pacing + Funny and Lighthearted] With chaos on the horizon and the empire divided, this is an age when martial arts reach their pinnacle and the path of magic knows no bounds! And Dale, through sheer bad luck, transmigrated into the body of a nobleman who had just died. He thought that being a noble meant he could just kick back and take it easy. But as soon as he transmigrated, he got a taste —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist is almost cold, eh, he is alive again.

2. 152 开 Blade's Edge: Rebellious Start in a Chaotic Jianghu 开局叛出镇抚司，我刀问江湖 Writer Number Seven七号写手Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Court and martial world] + [Strong wuxia flavor] + [Following one's convictions] + [A story of growth] The dynasty was nearing its end. Regional princes carved up the realm, and chaos was about to descend. Great sects and hidden clans entered the world; monks and Daoists roamed the martial world. Barbarians, demonesses, foreign tribes, and demonic cults all took advantage of the turmoil. Shen Yi transmigrated into the role of a low-ranking guard in the Pacification Office. From the start, he ki 63.8kReads8.5Score4.8kShelves
3. 153 教 I Taught the Heroine to Be Shameless, but Not to Have No Shame at All 教女主厚脸皮，可没教她不要脸啊 Vulture Riding a Chick秃鹫骑小鸡Urban1.0M WordsCompleted The result of staying up all night reading novels is that one night you pull an all-nighter, close your eyes, open them again, and discover you’ve transmigrated into the body of a villainous male supporting character. Readers of urban wish-fulfillment novels know that the villainous supporting character has to keep courting death for the plot between the male and female leads to move forward. As the villainous supporting character, Long Aotian has to bully the female lead, harass the second fema 20.6kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
4. 154 妖 Demon Corpses Aren't Edible? Quick, Send It to My Family's Crematorium While It's Still Warm 妖尸不可食？快，趁热送我家火葬 Sallow Little Face小脸蜡黄Urban2.9M WordsCompleted [High Martial] [Passionate] [Demonic beasts invade] [Not reborn] [Funny] If you want a lone-wolf protagonist, you can swipe away. The protagonist, Jiang Ping, is a passionate young man. He can be calculating, and he can be moved. He’s a real person, with classmates, friends, parents, and teachers. Spatial rifts opened, and demonic beasts invaded the land. Everyone knew that demonic beast corpses were inedible, and eating them would turn you into a contaminated being. By chance, Jiang Ping obtain 79.8kReads8.8Score10.5kShelves
5. 155 道 Fellow Daoist, Help Me Ascend to Immortality 道友，且助我飞升 A Brush Across the Nine Heavens笔动九天Eastern Fantasy890k WordsOngoing [Dark] [Cthulhu] [No System] [Uncanny and Mad] The Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable, covered in tentacles; the Mother Goddess of Life, a mass of seething chaos; and the Emperor of the Abyss, who transcends dimensions, presiding over the Immortal Heaven. Mortals twisted by chaotic evil, cultivators driven mad, a lower world where reality and illusion are tangled together: the myriad beings and images of the Three Thousand Great Paths are all a feeding ground for the indescribable. Mu Feng, a transmig 338Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   The ultimate goal of practice is to cultivate yourself into millions of clones of the evil god

6. 156 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 42.6kReads9.6Score6.7kShelves

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   Don't worry about him so much, it's over with the ascension

7. 157 逆 Rewind a Billion Times: I Suspect Transmigration Is Fake! 逆亿，我怀疑穿越是假的！ Yu Mai语迈Eastern Fantasy368k WordsOngoing Dream: a dream spanning a thousand autumns. Marsh: a place where waters gather. Perhaps, once enough people have died, someone named Mengze will appear. (Expected to wrap up at 400,000 words. If you can get into it, you might find yourself smiling from time to time, though it'll be a bitter smile. Updates are irregular, so it's best read at a leisurely pace.) 11Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist can see monsters and may lose control because of monsters. Suspense, reversal.

8. 158 没 Of Course I Don’t Look Human, I’m an Immortal! 没有人形就对了，因为我是仙啊！ Fei Xizi肥西子Eastern Fantasy564k WordsCompleted [Cultivation] [Nonhuman] [Eerie] Do not look upon my form. Do not imitate my ways. Do not learn my nature. In White Cloud Temple, I comprehended the Great Dao and gained an immortal fruit, winning freedom and bliss. Li Changmeng thinks he has the bearing of an immortal. Tentacles all over my body? That's the Thousand-Armed Immortal Physique, unmatched at controlling objects! Evil eyes all over me? Those are spirit-bright eyes of wisdom, seeing through illusions and revealing the truth! Unprompte 3.8kReads7.1Score394Shelves

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   💥The latest weird and magical work of cultivating immortals💥It will definitely meet your requirements❤️ 🍓🍓①Li Qing thought that someone was kind enough to take him in, but he didn't know that it was blood food that someone had carefully raised for 10 years. Weird immortal cultivation, flesh and blood forest, indescribable, all living things here are human race, food for immortals, haha ​​🔥🔥②Crusu + Incense Road. Li Changpeng received a fragment of a scroll from his master and started the path to immortality. However, this path to immortality seems to be getting weirder and weirder. What is the alien thing parasitic in his soul? 🌸🌸③Sequence group portrait text, the sun disappears and countless strange gods come. Gods eat people, and I eat people and eat gods. It is somewhat similar to The Lost City of Beasts. The plot is exciting, the characters are rich and full, and the plot is also very reasonable. You should be stubborn, you should be lazy, and the supporting characters are also flesh and blood.

9. 159 序 Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 940.3kReads9.3Score119.4kShelves
10. 160 诡 The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 755kReads9.6Score129.5kShelves

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    Wrong time, exact place, peeking out of bed, shivering

11. 161 诡 Anomaly Containment Center: You're Containing a Human Like Me? 诡异收容所，你收容我一个人类？ Yi Chen逸臣Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove 64.2kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
12. 162 烂 The Rotten-Flesh Buddha 烂肉佛 Romance of Dry Bones枯骨浪漫Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Things get interesting when all the good people receive the punishment they deserve. A mass of rotting flesh crawls with maggots. The maggots raise their heads and look at Chou Zhengchu. “Chou Zhengchu, what do we look like to you?” “You look like Buddha to me!” 2.2kReads8.2Score194Shelves

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    🔻The protagonist uses a strange black star as the source, and can obtain the magical powers of other stars, and eliminates taboos, using and practicing them at no cost. When the protagonist walks out of the deserted village, he quietly brings changes to this strange world.

13. 163 夜 Ye Qingyu: The Curse of Yin Birth 夜轻语：阴生诅咒 Slaying Flowers South of the City城南斩花Mystery244k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, things beyond human understanding appeared in this world. They fed on fear and toyed with human souls! No one ever knew what these things really were. They were collectively called the Uncanny. Yet even stranger, one day they suddenly vanished all at once, and no one remembered the disaster. Even fewer remembered that it all began when two girls suddenly went mad on the streets of Chaoyun City… Ten years later, her life began. It might not be perfect, but she still lived with 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine is weird

14. 164 诡 The Unorthodox Immortal Path: Randomly Sending a Lucky Viewer 诡道仙佛：随机投放一位幸运观众 Dazed Beneath the Tree懵圈树下Mystery116k WordsCompleted [The Backrooms] + [The Foundation] + [Randomized Drops] + [Chinese-Style Cosmic Horror] I'm just a bystander enjoying the show. But the next second, I'm a mentally ill maniac! A traitorous System, a deformed world, anomalous levels, unknown beliefs, eerie immortals and Buddhas, mysterious creatures. Reality and distortion intersect, while the unknown and faith coexist! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 165 走 Entering the Legends, Starting with a Fist Manual 走进传说从拳法秘籍开始 Nature and Me自然与我Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Liu An picked up a White Ape Boxing manual from a street stall, thinking it would be something new to try. He never expected it to open the door to an entirely different world... From martial arts to the Dao, transcend the ordinary world! Break free of your shackles and step into legend! [This book has no System. It focuses quite a bit on cultivation and immortality, but that won't get in the way of the plot.] This book is entirely fictional. Please don't take it seriously. Thank you! 10.1kReads8.5Score869Shelves

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    I have a set of boxing techniques that can be used all over the world and have a deep memory

16. 166 万 Lord of Ten Thousand Nights 万夜之主 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted Thirteen years ago, a blood-red demon star fell to earth. Was it the end, or a resurgence? The starry sea dimmed, and all things withered. As dusk fell, a ghostly fog once again spread across the land, revealing a mysterious world... 6.9kReads8.9Score668Shelves

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    In practice, when the protagonist walks out of the deserted village, he quietly brings his magical power of the stars to this strange world, and eliminates taboos, using it at no cost and bringing about changes. The protagonist uses a strange black star as the source; he can obtain its

17. 167 仙 The Immortal Path? The Path of Death! 仙道？死道！ Jue Love ScarJue恋殇Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Cultivation] + [Survival at All Costs] You are what you eat, so eating bitterness won't make you a better person. Only eating people will. An immortal once said, “If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” Humans are the spirit of all things, born with immortal bodies and prized as heavenly medicine. In the cultivation world, the only way to cultivate is to absorb the power and fortune of others! That's why ordinary people are kept as living cauldrons. If you don't consume others, —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 穿 Transmigrate to Another World and Start as a Mountain God 穿越异世从山神做起 Song of the Dao道前歌Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted and fun] [An otherworldly system of immortals and gods] [The protagonist becomes a mountain god, but is more human than divine. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] [No female lead] Li Yuan is the disgrace of transmigrators. While everyone else transmigrates as a live-in son-in-law, an invincible agent, or an almighty emperor, he transmigrates into a rock and spends several thousand years on a mountain. Until one day... A golden book descends from the heavens, and Li Yuan becomes 21.2kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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    Twenty books, read as you like

19. 169 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 78kReads9.5Score8.9kShelves
20. 170 系 The System Is Getting Creepier, What Does That Have to Do with Me, a Priest? 系统越来越诡异关我牧师什么事 Hu Dao胡叨Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [A System That Makes You Stronger by Talking People into Things] [Cthulhu] [Western Fantasy] [Comedy] [No Harem] Teammate A: Rupert, you have the priest’s [Blessing], right? Rupert: I’ll play the [Demon’s Murmurs] on repeat for you. It’s basically the same thing. You’ll be fearless. Teammate B: Rupert, you must have the priest’s [Holy Shield], right? Rupert: I’ll stick a [Void Tentacle] into you. Don’t mind its looks, it’ll protect you. Teammate C: Rupert, you have the priest’s [Holy Healing Aur 23.2kReads8.6Score3.2kShelves
21. 171 趋 Seek Fortune and Avoid Disaster: With Fate on My Side, How Could I Lose? 趋吉避凶，天命在我怎么输？ Three Thoughts at Night夜间三思Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + both saint and demon + political scheming and battles of wits + no System + divination by lot + progression-focused story + no female lead] In this corrupt world of the Five Turbidities, people are tormented by the eight sufferings. Hearts are wicked, no one cultivates virtue, false views prevail, and heresy flourishes. No living being escapes harm. Whenever Zhou Qingfeng reached a crossroads in life, he would draw a lot and cast a divination, avoiding misfortune and cho 5.6kReads8.3Score415Shelves
22. 172 我 I Cultivate Immortality by Raising Corpses and Farming 我靠炼尸种地成仙 Doesn't Eat Little Piggies不吃小猪猪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Corpse Refining]+ [Beast Taming]+ [Cultivation] The world of cultivation is perilous day and night. The four seasons have vanished, and calamities run rampant. Cultivators harbor spiritual energy within their bodies. If buried, their remains may be absorbed by plants and give rise to spiritual fruit; if eaten by beasts, they may give rise to strange creatures. And if a corpse is not handled properly, the erosion of the [Solar Eclipse] and [Lunar Eclipse] may even cause a terrifying anomaly to e 4kReads7.7Score314Shelves
23. 173 规 Rule Horror: I'm Even More Twisted Than the Supernatural! 规则怪谈：我比诡异还变态！ Hurry Up and Eat Hot Pot抓紧吃火锅Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Unhinged + rebellious + no female lead + hilarious + bizarre + national destiny] My name is Xu Ye. I was born without the ability to feel pain, and my favorite thing is looking for a thrill. I heard that the Rule-Bound Horror arrived, and every country would randomly select a “Chosen One” to enter a game instance. After waiting a whole month, and watching five Chosen Ones die one after another, I finally got my wish and became the sixth Chosen One, the real wild card representing the Dragon Kin 34.2kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves
24. 174 诡 Ancestral Master of the Strange Realm 诡境道祖 Young Master Butcher公子屠夫Mystery990k WordsOngoing A parallel world, overrun by the supernatural. Cities may sleep through the dead of night, but the supernatural invasion never stops. You can’t tell whether the person beside you will still be themselves tomorrow. You can’t know whether the terrifying dark gate will open beside your bed tonight. And you can’t imagine the endless, terrifying unknown that awaits every eighteen-year-old in the “college entrance exam.” In this horrifying world, Ye Bai discovers, “Huh? I have a golden finger!” … A c 1.7kReads8.4Score125Shelves
25. 175 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 65.1kReads9.2Score6.9kShelves
26. 176 李 Li Dakai’s Record of Cultivation 李大开修仙记 Li Dakai李大开Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivator Style, No System, Decisive and Ruthless, Not Mindless, Funny] I, Li Dakai, began cultivating immortality at the age of fifty. A slow-burn cultivation fantasy with a satisfying payoff. The story unfolds gradually, with every turn grounded in reason! Fellow cultivators, please don’t be put off by the title. New chapters every day at exactly 5:10 p.m.! 33.4kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
27. 177 诡 The Alchemist of a Strange World 诡异世界的炼金术士 Mung Bean Powder绿豆粉Eastern Fantasy687k WordsCompleted Lin Zhe transmigrates to a world overrun by the bizarre, only to discover in horror that he has less than a year to live. To survive, he takes up alchemy. “Level One Alchemical Lifeform: Qi Cultivator. One year of lifespan can bring it into existence.” “Level Two Alchemical Lifeform: Basic RoboCop...” “Level Four Alchemical Device: Alchemical Sniper Rifle...” “Level Five...” … Years later, Lin Zhe's forces include: An army of Qi Cultivators moving in perfect unison and unleashing long-range mag 158Reads7.1Score—Shelves
28. 178 异 The Lone Wanderer in Another World 异世界的独行者 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Eastern Fantasy603k WordsCompleted Black Jiu, an introverted high school student who secretly works in the underworld, gets into a car accident during a school-organized spring outing. The entire group transmigrates to another world crawling with monsters. There, he meets his younger sister, whom their parents sold when she was little. Now a slave of the demon race, she is trying to kill herself... “If justice has its heroes, then darkness deserves its own savior, too. But saviors always like to keep clean. So people like us, the 2kReads9.0Score190Shelves
29. 179 诡 The Eerie World: This Alchemist Is Terrifying 诡异世界：这个炼金师好可怕 Nine Forty-Five九点四五Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted This alchemist is terrifying! Other people make battle golems. He goes and builds a Freedom Gundam. Other people’s life potions can heal the sick and save lives. His can make women grow beards and men get pregnant. Other people fight with knives. He fights with guns. At more than ten paces, a gun is fast. Inside ten paces, a gun is faster and more accurate. You can be unorthodox, but you can’t be downright bizarre! When the mysterious grows wings, alchemy becomes terrifying indeed. Here sleeps a 643Reads6.8Score—Shelves
30. 180 鬼 Psycho Horror: In Front of Scumbags, What’s a Little Supernatural Weirdness? 鬼畜：人渣面前，诡异算个毛！ Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Synopsis: From the start, he blew up the Nogi Demon Shrine and burned down the Yasukuni Demon Shrine. Reborn in a world filled with the supernatural, where gates were scattered across the land, and behind them lay endless horrors and madness. System successfully activated. Binding to the Justice System... Confess your love to a supernatural being? A supernatural being comes asking you to name its true form? “Young master, what do I look like to you?” Chen Si: “You look like a little blonde, blue 2.1kReads9.2Score207Shelves
31. 181 生 No Hope of Survival 生还无期 Young Master Changle长乐公子Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [No CP, No Female Lead] + [Infinite Deaths and Resurrections] + [Superpower Awakening] + [Mind Games and Strategy] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Life in Review] The keywords of this book are “human nature,” “death games,” and “setting traps.” The thirteen characters who appear from the start all play important roles! Each has a distinct personality, and every one of them will have a major part to play later in the story. This book also features endless deaths, so if that’s not your thing, please read wit 9.1kReads9.3Score884Shelves

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    These books are pretty good, you can read them.

32. 182 第 The Fourth Prison 第四监牢 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban519k WordsOngoing “Since ancient times, we humans have kept trying to follow in the footsteps of the gods. For this... we spent nearly ten thousand years.” “Until that day...” “We finally found a way to communicate with the gods. We pushed open that heavy door, walked down a path full of thorns, and arrived in the homeland of the gods...” “Only to find that everything before our eyes...” “Was covered in bones...” 17.2kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
33. 183 逆 The Reverse Maze 逆位迷宫 Peng Pai彭湃Urban1.7M WordsOngoing On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Bai Ze's life begins a countdown. Survive or perish: that is the choice. // Three lives, six paths, a mist-shrouded maze. Nothing is harder than choosing one's fate. 79.2kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves
34. 184 诡 The Eerie Immortal’s Box 诡仙魔盒 Young Master Changle长乐公子Mystery262k WordsOngoing [Mystery] + [Eerie] + [Xuanhuan] + [Thriller] + [Mind-Bending] + [One Female Lead] Chen Tong, a young man struggling to make a living in the city, returns to his hometown to attend his grandfather's funeral... But he unexpectedly discovers that his grandfather's death was shrouded in mystery. He comes into possession of a mysterious golden-thread nanmu box, and everything begins to turn Eerie... The grandfather of a female classmate from his village also dies. The monks and Taoist priests hired —Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Let's take a look at the weird spiritual practice products~

35. 185 灵 The Supernatural Returns, and the Eternal Night Begins 灵异复苏，永夜降临 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.4M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 386.6kReads9.3Score39.4kShelves
36. 186 厉 Evil Spirits Run Amok, and I Alone Merge With Them 厉鬼乱世我一人融鬼 A Scholar Who Loves the Supernatural喜欢灵异的书生Mystery51k WordsCompleted Golden flames flicker. The seven emotions and six desires serve as kindling. A fortune-teller sits in the darkness, and vengeful ghosts crawl back from the dead. But where is God? In our despair, we light the lamps. With the fire of our lives, we illuminate the dim road ahead. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Burning your emotions and body again and again to improve should be considered

37. 187 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 503Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really a breath of fresh air in weird spiritual writings. The protagonist's spiritual practice costs a lot, and he faces the risk of losing control at every turn. The plot has many twists and turns, the wits against ghosts are particularly exciting, the folklore setting is solid, and the writing is good, making it very enjoyable to watch.

38. 188 灵 Supernatural Revival: It All Began When I Married a Ghost Bride 灵异复苏：从娶了鬼新娘开始 Only One Ray of Light唯盛一束光Mystery406k WordsOngoing Title: Supernatural Resurgence: It Began When I Married a Ghost Bride My name is Zao Chen. I had a dream, a very, very long dream. In it, I married a ghost bride, and after that, she wouldn't leave me alone. When I woke up, I realized it hadn't been a dream at all. I really had married a ghost bride, and the two of us had a child. The ghost bride was called Zhou Li, and our daughter was named Zao You. The day Zao You was born, the supernatural descended, and ghosts roamed the night. We call the 3Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 189 血 Blood Sun Annihilation 血日湮灭 Only One Ray of Light唯盛一束光Mystery623k WordsOngoing [Potions]+ [Sequences]+ [Evil Gods]+ [Cthulhu] ·(When the blood sun is extinguished, humanity will perish as well.) ·(By day, the blood sun hangs in the sky and monsters run rampant.) ·(By night, the silver moon shines high above and ghosts run rampant.) ·(When the ‘Crimson’ corrupts the sun and invades Earth, humanity will fall into endless despair.) ·(They are followers of the ‘Crimson’.) ·(They are followers of ‘Folly’.) ·(And I am a follower of ‘Shadow’.) ·(So it was all my doing. So I’m the —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 恐 Horror Game: Playing the Husband from the Start 恐怖游戏：开局扮演丈夫 Only One Ray of Light唯盛一束光Mystery105k WordsOngoing Xuan Ye was chosen and dragged into a horror world to take part in a horror game, where he drew the perfect-grade talent [Shadow Mind Reader]. His first instance, [Model Couple], plunged him into a battle of wits against the supernatural beings… —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 191 吃 I've Eaten My Last Meal, Now Send These Ghostly Immortals on Their Way 吃了这断头饭，请诸位诡仙上路 A Deer Comes from the East东有鹿来Eastern Fantasy540k WordsOngoing [Plot-Driven] [No System] [Pseudo-Immortality] Xu Ze transmigrates to a bizarre world of cultivation, inherits his father's trade, and becomes an executioner. When a bizarre calamity wipes out his family, Xu Ze dies, only to come back to life. On the night he returns from the dead, a blind crow appears at his home and spends the whole night cawing nonstop from a dead tree in the courtyard. That same night, an ancestor who loves devouring the heads of bizarre creatures moves into a dry well. That 178Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    ⒈The protagonist is an executioner who specializes in hunting monsters. He died in a certain war and somehow came back to life. He is engaged in a glorious career. In killing monsters, he uses his lifespan as a bargaining chip. While extending his own life, he must also sacrifice his life for Him.

42. 192 民 When Folk Customs Become Real: I Become a God in a World of the Uncanny 民俗成真：我在诡异世界封神了 Impermanence无常Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Ning Mo transmigrates into a world where the supernatural is resurfacing and folk customs are coming true. In this world, gods watch over you from three feet above your head. Make a careless oath and it comes true. Get a haircut in the first lunar month, and your maternal uncle will die. If your left eyelid twitches, you'll win the lottery. If your right eyelid twitches, the whole village will be attending a funeral feast. Make a wish on a meteor shower, and it might come true, no matter what yo 567Reads7.7Score100Shelves
43. 193 佛 I, Buddha, Am Truly a Good Person 佛爷我真是好人啊 Jiao Lu Zhi蕉鹿之Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Weak System + No Romance + Slow Progression + More Traditional + Saintly Heroine, Don’t Read If You Dislike It, Thanks] When Shi Ran woke up, he had transmigrated to a strange world. There were no aloof immortals in the heavens, pure as the moon, nor compassionate gods and Buddhas filling the skies. Instead, the world was full of deranged, bizarre cultivators. Here, sacred scriptures were laden with taboo costs, and the slightest misstep in cultivation could mean death and the end of one’s path 486Reads8.7Score161Shelves
44. 194 我 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 Evergreen Greens长青菜菜Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 2.3kReads—Score126Shelves

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45. 195 诡 The Strange Path of Cultivation: Starting by Breaking Free of Control 诡道修行：从脱离掌控开始 Shu Ye书夜Eastern Fantasy748k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world, it takes sixteen years for him to discover that he has become a humanoid medicinal plant in someone else's herb garden. Fortunately, he sees through the danger, improves his cultivation, and is rescued by a constable. Thus begins his path of cultivation. [The blurb doesn't do it justice. Read the story itself.] 353Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    There is a price to practice and I am exempt from the price

46. 196 诡 Cultivating the Weird: Starting with Refining the Five Organs 诡异修仙之从祭炼五脏开始 Heading Up the Mountain to Chop Wood上山上砍柴Eastern Fantasy220k WordsOngoing [No System · Daoist Weird Immortal · Eastern Cosmic Horror · Dark Cultivation · Folk Customs · Slow Pace] This is a strange age of cultivation. Fierce and bizarre beings run rampant, while aberrant immortals hold sway. In some places, you might simply step outside and run into one of the so-called immortals, ghosts, gods, or demons. Child, I am the Immortal of the Five Viscera. You and I are fated to be master and disciple. Offer me your five organs, and I can help you become an immortal. Young 31Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 197 北 Secrets of the Northern Steed 北马秘闻 Traveling Through the Dark黑灯瞎火去赶路Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted After spending seven years in a daze as a fool, I was told by the Yellow Immortal that I had a spirit altar within me, and that my origins were far from ordinary. From then on, I set out on the Northern Ma path. 18kReads8.5Score3.3kShelves
48. 198 武 Martial Arts Stat Points: I Am the Ultimate Martial Saint 武学加点，我乃极道武圣 Doggo Loves Medicine狗子爱吃药Eastern Fantasy279k WordsCompleted My new novel is out: One Punch to Pacify the Four Seas, Look Up and Find No Gods. It’s a fantasy novel mixing urban supernatural horror with comedy. If you’re interested, give it a look. [Extreme martial arts, martial arts upgrade points, muscle-bound hero] Iron Body Art + Demon Bull Art + Armored Body Art = Demon Bull Iron Armor Art! Demon Bull Iron Armor Art: Level Six (Defense +9, Strength +13, Evil-Breaking +6) Iron Shirt + Golden Bell Shield + Body-Nourishing Fist = Golden Iron Body-Nourish 9Reads5.5Score—Shelves
49. 199 文 Text Games Can Become Reality: Hell Difficulty from the Start 文字游戏能具现，我开局地狱难度 Wine Abandoner酒弃子Sports230k WordsOngoing [Cool-headed + character growth + steamrolling every challenge + text-based game + decisive and ruthless] Lin Yuan, a shut-in, suddenly found a text-based game on his phone one day. The difficulty was hellish from the start, and sinister tricks came one after another. He used the game’s one-of-a-kind, powerful features and his years of gaming experience to overcome every obstacle! His character’s abilities kept soaring, and he collected all kinds of rare items. Best of all, everything could be b 2Reads6.8Score—Shelves
50. 200 极 Martial Extremes: Crushing All Demons and Deities 极道淬体，横推一切妖魔鬼怪 Sesame Paste Isn't Fragrant芝麻酱不香Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Otherworld + Weird Immortals + Extreme Path + Invincible + Steamrolling + No Female Lead + Power Fantasy] There's nothing a single body-tempering session can't solve. If there is, then temper your body twice, ten times, a hundred times, ten thousand times... Zhang You stumbles into a bizarre cultivation world and nearly gets carved up to serve as bar snacks. Luckily, he awakens a special constitution that lets him temper his body without limit, setting him on the legendary path of extreme marti 483Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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