Paranormal, Ghost Hunting, Taoist Priest, Female Lead 灵异 捉鬼 道士 有女主

1. 151 惊EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 26.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
2. 152 茅 Maoshan Ghost-Banishing Celestial Master 茅山捉鬼天师 Xiao Mochou Himself萧莫愁本尊Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted [Taoist Master] + [Ghost Hunting] + [Supernatural Mystery and Suspense] Light a lamp and tell ghost stories; observe the taboos of yin and yang. The inscrutable secret arts of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Maoshan traditions; the uncanny spirit-possession tablets; and mysterious taboos that inspire dread. The only Maoshan sect leader in history to vanish under mysterious circumstances seizes the secrets of heaven and earth and travels between the realms of the living and the dead. Let him reveal 3.2kReads6.5Score213Shelves
3. 153 非 The Abnormal Female Celestial Master 非正常女天师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery5.8M WordsCompleted Everyone says foreigners are superstitious. If they bully you, all you have to do is mutter strange things and wave your hands at them, and you can scare them off. After Wan Sui was set up by her own family and stranded abroad, she faced a gang of thugs. She copied Uncle Jiu from the movies and made a few hand seals. To her surprise, they really did run away in terror. Someone looking for a bit of excitement recorded the scene and posted it back home. Wan Sui became an overnight sensation online 9.7kReads8.9Score886Shelves
4. 154 最 The Last Female Mystic 最后一个女玄术师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted When Ye Simei was five, a fortune-teller told her she was born with a bewitching beauty and destined to become a canary in some powerful man's cage. Ye Simei: Have the powerful gotten too cocky, or do you think I, Ye Simei, can't wield a blade anymore? 1.9kReads9.0Score268Shelves
5. 155 让 You Asked Me to Explore the Wonders of Science, So Why Did I Walk Into a Haunted Lair? 让你走近科学，你走进诡窝？ Pumpkin Rice Porridge南瓜米粥Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Single heroine + livestreaming + supernatural exploration] Jiang Yuan is live-streaming an outdoor night-fishing trip at a haunted reservoir when he scares popular streamer Xiaoyi into tears! The clip shoots straight to the top of the trending list. His agent panics. “I told you to stick to science and share educational content. Now you’re claiming that ghost soldiers are crossing over? You’re fired!” Jiang Yuan: “Come on, it’s all science! Just hear me out!” The authorities show up and ask him 12.5kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves
6. 156 让 I Was Asked to Tell Fortunes, So Why Am I Solving Crimes and Saving the World Too? 让你算命，你破案救世五项全能？ Scorching Sun赤日炎炎Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + fortune-telling + solving cases + ghost-hunting + no romance + supernatural revival] Ye Chu, a crazed powerhouse from the world of metaphysics, was reborn into the body of a university student in another world who had the same name. Unfortunately, the girl was destined to die young, so Ye Chu fell back on her old trade: livestreaming fortune-telling, punishing the wicked, and driving away misfortune for good people to earn merit and prolong her life. “Master, my daughter has bee 1.7kReads9.1Score194Shelves
7. 157 鬼 High Alert in the Ghost Realm! The Little Mystic Prodigy Is Coming Down the Mountain 鬼界高能！前方玄学小祖宗下山了 Grinning Rabbit龇牙笑的兔子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The eldest son of the richest family in the capital, who suffered from gynophobia, had somehow acquired a fiancée. Supposedly, she was a country bumpkin who claimed she could exorcise ghosts and tell fortunes, deciding life and death with a single word. She had offended quite a few big shots. Everyone waited for those big shots to drive the country girl out of the capital. But they waited and waited, only to hear that the eldest son of the Ning family was engaged to her. At the wedding, everyone 6.9kReads9.4Score1kShelves
8. 158 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 154.8kReads9.3Score16.2kShelves

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9. 159 诡 Eerie Awakening: My Talent Is Devouring Ghosts 诡异觉醒：我的天赋是吞鬼 Dao Changge道长歌Urban2.5M WordsCompleted (The animated series adaptation, “Eerie Awakening: My Talent Is Ghost Devouring,” is now available. Come watch!) In the vast cosmos, countless planets have each developed their own cultivation systems. Magic, battle aura, mechanical ascension, immortal cultivation, spirits, insectoid races, beastfolk, elves… On every planet, those who cultivate their planet’s primary system to the point of breaking through the realm can enter the greater universe. Here, countless races stand in competition, an 8.2kReads8.2Score828Shelves
10. 160 都 The Apocalypse Is Here, So It’s Only Reasonable for Me, a Taoist, to Be a Little Stronger 都末世了，道爷我强点，很合理吧 Ye Qingxian叶清闲Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the City + Superpower Awakening + Somewhat Satisfying + Decisive and Ruthless + Spiritual Qi Revival] His name is Bai Xiaochuan, not Yi Xiaochuan, the guy who transmigrated to the Qin dynasty. He was reborn... back to before the first spiritual qi revival. In this life… He doesn’t want to be an A-rank healing-type Awakened anymore. An A-rank healer sounds impressive? In practice, they’re not much use. He can heal himself back to full health, but save a teammate? Sorry, the coold 48.8kReads8.1Score4.2kShelves

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11. 161 清 The Records of Qingxu’s Exorcisms 清虚伏魔录 Recluse of the Void虚中散人Urban1.4M WordsCompleted A traditional Taoist novel based on real events. This is not a power fantasy. The first forty-seven chapters lay the groundwork for the grand story to come, so please read them patiently. Nine to five, I’m an office worker tapping away at a keyboard in a high-end office tower, walking through the city’s central business district in a shirt and leather shoes, using office software to bustle between reports and proposals. At dusk, I’m a Qingwei Taoist of the San Tian Gate, carrying ritual implem 6.8kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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    The author is a Taoist priest of the Qingwei School. The story is adapted from real experiences and is not a wish-fulfillment novel. The writing is smooth and engaging. Readers who enjoy Taoist culture and traditional Taoist stories should not miss it.

12. 162 算 Reading Yin Fate: The Female Ghost Is So Gorgeous, I Can't Help Myself 算阴命：女鬼太正，真的忍不住啊 Seven White Stars七白星Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing Lin Qishan stayed up past midnight and brought a ghost home. She was a beautiful female ghost, too. As the saying goes, if you’re bold enough, even a female ghost will take maternity leave. After all, the law doesn’t protect female ghosts. The female ghost bit her lip, eyes burning with shame and anger. She didn’t dare make a sound and could only endure it in silence. After experiencing how wonderful the female ghost was, Lin Qishan finally let himself go... —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 163 4 Funeral Parlor No. 44 44号白事铺 Mr. Nanwu南无先生Mystery240k WordsOngoing All he wanted was a quiet job and a little extra cash. But by chance, he became a yin-yang master, earning cabbage money while worrying himself sick. His skills were too shallow to tell the living from the dead at a glance... 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Helping the female protagonist develop her character, they constantly fight against all sorts of monsters.

14. 164 牛 A Working Stiff's Ghost-Hunting Diary 牛马捉鬼日记 Wild Boar Saburo野猪三郎Mystery227k WordsOngoing Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy. Slow burn; impatient readers, enter at your own risk!!! My name is Qin Fang. I was an ordinary, downtrodden wage slave, until one day, on a whim, I spent a whopping five hundred yuan at a street stall on a nine-story pagoda ornament. My peaceful life was turned upside down. Now, on top of slaving away at work all day and suffering for a measly few thousand yuan, I have to serve the pagoda spirit, Lord Bai, every night. I’m forced to hunt ghosts and subdue demons 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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15. 165 赌 The God of Gambling Knows Medicine, So No One Can Stop Him 赌神会医术，谁也挡不住 Snail Noodle Secret嗦螺密Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Tycoon fantasy, campus belles, celebrities, jade gambling, X-ray vision, ghost hunting] One moment of madness, and gambling wrecked half his life. In his previous life, Lin Ziyu was addicted to gambling. He lost his parents’ hard-earned savings, embezzled tens of millions from his company, sank into debt, and lost everything. In the end, he jumped into the sea, consumed by regret. Luckily, he survived his desperate plight, and the God of Wealth blessed him with a return to life! His golden eyes 1.8kReads7.9Score201Shelves

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    The food is served: celebrities, international supermodels, Miss Universe contestants, internet celebrities, wealthy heiresses, queens and princesses—it's all a push...

16. 166 校 The School Beauty’s Little Ghost-Hunting Taoist 校花的捉鬼小道士 Old Fourth of the Southern School南派老四Urban1.0M WordsCompleted The young Daoist Xu Ziqing is a master at healing the sick, vanquishing demons, catching ghosts, and subduing spirits. He can locate buried treasures, read faces, and master feng shui. He enrolls in school, dates the campus beauty, and takes down bullies... Wait, campus beauty, what are you doing? 414Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The all-around Taoist priest Xu Ziqing 🧙‍♂️ is skilled in everything from healing and exorcising demons to catching ghosts. He's also an expert in physiognomy, feng shui, and geomancy. He sweeps away the school bully when he enters the campus, but unexpectedly, he gets flirted with by the school beauty instead, creating a hilarious and unexpected contrast.

17. 167 哪 What Kind of Couple Goes Ghost Hunting Together? 哪有夫妻俩一起抓鬼的？ Zhuge Sweet Potato诸葛地瓜Urban513k WordsCompleted “Everyday urban life + married couple ghost-hunting + paranormal investigations + comedy + one heroine” Li Daonian, a college student at a second-rate university, takes up his ancestors’ old ghost-hunting trade because he can’t make ends meet on his allowance. During a job, he happens to meet Tang Yu, who has yin-yang eyes. Ghost-hunting alone is frightening, but as a husband-and-wife team, they’re unstoppable. They thought the path ahead would be filled with terror. They never expected... They’ 3.6kReads8.8Score414Shelves
18. 168 上 I Went to the Wrong Grave and Mistook a Female Ghost for One of My Own 上错坟，不小心把女鬼当成自己人 I'm Drifting Deep in the Sea我在深飘飘Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [One female lead, the male lead isn't invincible, not a wish-fulfillment story, supernatural, metaphysics. If it's not your cup of tea, please don't flame. This story is entirely fictional. The leads practice both Buddhism and Taoism. If you're the type to nitpick, read with caution!] “Year after year, I come to pay respects to my ancestors, yet year after year I'm still stuck working. I'm not happy over here, and you might be going hungry over there. Bless your grandson with a prosperous year, 19.7kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
19. 169 恐 Haunted Taoist Temple: I Only Hunt the Most Ominous Things 恐怖道观：我只抓大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted “My good apprentice, you've completed your training. You may leave the mountain now.” “Rest assured, Master. Once I descend the mountain, I will vanquish demons and exorcise evil, restoring the glory of our Daoist tradition!” “To temper your character, I have a small test for you.” “I won't let you down, Master!” “Excellent. There's a young woman down the mountain. Go marry her!” “What?!” … 3.3kReads8.9Score354Shelves
20. 170 都 A Glitch in Urban Perception: The Bug in Reality 都市认知漏洞，现实中的BUG A Xiao Shen阿小申Urban124k WordsCompleted Do you really understand the real world? Let me explain it to you. The protagonist inadvertently discovers the secrets of the world around him, then gradually learns the truth and solves one problem after another. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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21. 171 校 Campus Ghostbuster 校园捉鬼大师 Chen Jialao陈家老Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Campus Fantasy] [Pure Romance] [Non-Invincible Protagonist] [MBTI Personality Types] [Thinking-Type Pair, Rainbow Group, Brothers' Debate Club, Road Trip Group, Dragon Bone Group] His name is Xie Kunyu (ENTP). He is a high school student from a prominent family of spirit masters, but a dispute over the position of family head separated him from his parents when he was young. After finally earning his grandfather's trust and mastering his family's most powerful sealing technique, he was effortle 8Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 172 天 The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain 天师下山 A Season with Feathers有羽的季节Urban4.7M WordsCompleted Back in my day, I had mastered my own school of celestial arts. One punch made the high-ranking martial artists at the nursing home north of the village tremble. One kick sent the young prodigies at the kindergarten south of the village bawling. And when I stood at the mass grave east of the village, not one of those hundreds of Ghost Kings or Ghost Emperors dared even breathe. 13.5kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
23. 173 新 The New Transfer Student Can Catch Ghosts 新来的转校生会捉鬼 Muzi's Dream Journal木子记梦Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted [No Romance] [Livestreaming] [Fortune-Telling] [Ghost Hunting] [Metaphysics] [Feng Shui] [Gossip] A metaphysics expert failed to survive her tribulation and transmigrated into Chen Mo, an ordinary transfer student. Before leaving, she wanted to leave enough money behind for the original owner's parents, so Chen Mo accepted her friend Tang Youxian's invitation to start livestreaming fortune-telling. One reading a day, then she logs off! One day, a woman asked, “When will my son be able to marry h 3.1kReads8.8Score320Shelves
24. 174 听 I Hear Snakes Speak and Walk Between Yin and Yang 听蛇语，行阴阳 Xixi Loves Vegetables兮兮爱吃菜Mystery3.9M WordsCompleted Supernatural + feng shui + ghost-hunting + Bureau 749 + magic arts + demon-hunting + raising Gu + no System. My father's fate was that of a White Tiger Devouring Its Child. Of my mother's twelve pregnancies, eleven ended in miscarriage when the babies were five or six months along. Only one child was born alive, but that child didn't live to see the age of three. To ensure the Bai family had an heir, my grandfather had no choice but to seek out the White Python Embracing an Egg, a site of three 14.7kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves

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    Both books are excellent. The first book features a protagonist with humanity, inherited Taoist skills, a strong background, and who is not easily manipulated. The second book features a protagonist who is cunning and treacherous, cold and not saintly, and possesses the third level of power of the Ancient Moon Immortal Venerable.

25. 175 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
26. 176 黄 No. 81 on the Yellow Springs Road 黄泉路81号 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Night blankets the city, and the things lurking in the shadows begin to stir. The raccoon dog granny who eats raw meat, the fitness girl with fish scales growing on her back. The wild foxes who approach people by the roadside, and the little convenience store in the cemetery. I've experienced all of these. And it all began after I witnessed a car accident... 41.7kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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    A top-notch book, the king of the supernatural world.

27. 177 九 Strange Tales of Jiuzhou: Special Operations Files 九州异闻录：特别行动档案 Nangong Jinbao南宫进宝Mystery487k WordsCompleted Liu Fan was born with Yin-Yang Eyes. He broke evil hexes, got caught up in a conspiracy, and joined the Special Action Group. He banished demons and monsters, destroyed the Evil Cult, defied the heavenly thunder, shattered the Divine Stratagem, swept through the shrines of Dongying, and slew heretical cultivators from beyond the borders. He brought peace to a chaotic world and guarded the mountains and rivers of Huaxia. The land found peace, and centuries passed. The remnants of old forces rose 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is good; the later parts get very exciting, with border battles, fighting to the death, and killing Japanese ghosts.

28. 178 迁 The Grave Relocation Master 迁坟师 Su Wan苏皖Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted You've heard of yin-yang masters, fortune-tellers, and feng shui masters. But have you ever heard of a grave relocation master? Do you know how relocating a grave can affect the deceased's descendants? My name is Chen An, and I'm a grave relocation master. I've spent my whole life dealing with graves and bones. I've seen clients strike it rich after relocating a grave. I've seen clients rise to high office after relocating a grave. I've also seen clients whose entire clan died out after relocati 10.5kReads9.0Score891Shelves
29. 179 真 Zhenwu Subdues Demons: Sixty Years of Peace 真武荡魔：甲子太平 Liu Xuanling刘玄灵Mystery295k WordsOngoing [Invincible Protagonist] [Pure Supernatural] [No Female Lead] I was the True Warrior Emperor in heaven, but could not bear humanity's suffering. Moved by compassion, I descended to the mortal world, to vanquish evil, deliver ghosts, and bring peace to all. The Five Arts of geomancy, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination can determine the fate of the world. Geomancy suppresses demons and evil; medicine saves people. Destiny can be changed, and physiognomy reveals the powerful and the nob 1.9kReads—Score119Shelves

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    You can take a look at this book.

30. 180 道 A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain + Passionate + Has Brothers + Urban Training + Witty + Wish Fulfillment + Ghost Hunting + Zombie Slaying + Organized Group + Cracking Down on Cultivator Crime + Horror] A hostess at a leisure center is sucking people's blood essence. Get rid of her! People keep jumping into the river? A water ghost is harming people. You still want to help it pass on? It harmed people, so get rid of it! A shoddily built tower is haunted... Huh! The ghost lady has earned mer 5.7kReads9.4Score591Shelves

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    Okay, this is it. Urban adventures, catching ghosts and demons! He even joins the law enforcement bureau. Pretty good.

31. 181 猛 The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳7k WordsCompleted The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 122Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This author is probably the best horror writer on the entire Tomato website. The first three were a collection of chilling short horror stories, and the fourth was a thrilling, funny, and slightly risqué suspenseful supernatural novel. [Shocked][Shocked]

32. 182 午 The Deadly Neighbor at Midnight 午夜凶邻 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳7k WordsCompleted The Neighbor from Hell at Midnight 107Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 183 o Office Ghosts: Don't Work Overtime office有鬼之不要加班 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳6k WordsCompleted There Are Ghosts in the Office: Don’t Work Overtime 83Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 184 重 Major Crimes Unit Three: The Borrowed Corpse 重案三组之借尸还魂 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳Mystery592k WordsOngoing Three bizarre murder cases, each victim wearing a strange smile. Through deep psychological profiling, forensic pathologist Song Ci discovers that each victim’s final actions imitated a tiny habitual gesture their long-deceased relative used to make. Bai Ye’s technical analysis confirms that traces of brain waves that could not belong to the living, already “formatted,” remain at the crime scenes... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 185 天 Feng Shui Master by Fate: Commanding Yin and Yang with the Five Thunder Palm 天命风水师：五雷掌阴阳 I Just Want to Sleep at Work上班就想睡觉Mystery173k WordsOngoing [Supernatural Ghost-Hunting | Feng Shui and Taoist Arts | Five-Thunder Righteous Technique | Hardcore Talisman Drawing | The Protagonist Won't Take Things Lying Down] The Lin family was once the world's foremost feng shui clan, able to alter fate and determine fortune, with kings and nobles vying for its favor. As the years passed, the family dwindled. Lin Tiancheng, the last heir of the Lin family, learned the clan's secrets from his grandfather at the age of six. Evil spirits emerge and strang 2.1kReads—Score140Shelves

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    Urban supernatural ghost hunting; the protagonist is decisive and ruthless, never acting on impulse. Add it to your bookshelf if you like.

36. 186 阴 Master of Yin and Yang Spirits, Beloved by Beauties from Both Worlds 阴阳鬼使，坐拥两界红颜 Ghost Official of the Six Realms六界鬼司Urban721k WordsCompleted [Multiple Female Leads] [City + Underworld + Female Ghosts + Campus] [No System] [No Abandoning the Story] [No Harem Handouts] [No Skipping the Good Parts] [Shadow Ghost Soldiers] [Everyday Life at First, High-Stakes Action Later] [Political Scheming and Strategy] [Not Traditional Urban Cultivation] An unexpected car accident sends Chen Feng, an ordinary college student, into a mass grave. A female corpse sleeping in an ice coffin suddenly awakens, turning Chen Feng into a Yin-Yang Ghost Envoy 144Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    The fourth book has a rather interesting theme; the last one is about a Taoist priest reminiscent of the Young and Dangerous series, and the second one involves raising ghosts and having multiple female companions. Other books have single and multiple female companions.

37. 187 天 Awakening the Heavenly Eye: Summoning a God to Face the Great Black Buddha Mother 天眼眸启：请神硬刚大黑佛母 The Real Dave戴夫本夫Mystery210k WordsCompleted (Supernatural + not a self-sacrificing saint + funny + almost invincible) Li Yang was born on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the lunar calendar. He never expected to be born with a third eye and a strange destiny, drawing him into a mysterious conflict beyond imagination. The Great Black Buddha Mother, far away in Yun Province, even came in person to seize him... Fox spirits, zombies, Miaojiang gu, Kuman Thong, Yellow River corpse collectors... When Li Yang arrived in Yun Province w 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend starting from chapter 17.

38. 188 一 The Struggles of a Taoist Priest 一个道士的奋斗 Heartless Courier无情无义送快递Urban504k WordsCompleted [Rookie climbs the ranks + No System + Not a power fantasy + Slow burn] Fan Shengman graduated from Longhu Mountain Taoist Academy with a four-year bachelor's degree. Legend has it that once a Taoist priest receives a celestial register, his name is entered into Heaven's official records and he is appointed an immortal official. By upholding justice, slaying demons, and building merit in the mortal world, he can keep rising through the ranks, eventually earning a place among the immortals. As a 1.9kReads8.9Score136Shelves

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    They're all pretty good.

39. 189 诡 The Uncanny Way of Sorcery 诡道术法 Ghost Path: Lone Soul Whale《鬼道_孤魂鲸》Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing My name is Feng Yetian. I'm an orphan, and I've never seen my parents. My grandmother raised me all by herself. But this year, my grandmother disappeared, and everyone in the village vanished too. To find them, I began studying the books my grandmother had left in the underground cavern. And so I became a Gui Master, rejected by the world! 33Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 我 I Drive a Taxi, but I Don’t Pick Up Passengers, Only Female Ghosts and Models 我开出租不拉客，只拉女鬼和模特 I Want to Run Wild我要浪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Pan Mudan kept her lips pressed tightly together, not daring to make a sound in case her husband heard... I used to be a company driver at a steel mill. Then the company laid people off. I spent eight thousand yuan on an almost-decommissioned commercial vehicle and started driving a taxi. My friends all said I'd struck gold! Even without the air conditioning on in summer, the car was chilly inside! 6kReads8.9Score558Shelves
41. 191 道 The Taoist's Spirit Army 道士兵马 Red Sun, Leisurely红日悠悠Urban518k WordsOngoing No one is reborn, and no one transmigrates. This is an authentic portrayal of urban cultivation, featuring Taoist priests’ mysterious spirit armies: the Five Camps, the Five Chang Armies, fox troops, the Thunder Bureau’s forces, and the upper, middle, and lower altar troops. There are also grand arrays of the Eight Gates and Nine Chambers, epic battles between spirit armies, and every Taoist art you might want to see, including the You Zhu method, Lu Ban techniques, soul-summoning, immobilizatio 61Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 192 青 The Little Taoist of Green Mountain 青山小道士 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + supernatural mysteries + technically detailed + magic arts + urban + no power fantasy + slow growth + no heroine] (The central idea of the first book: Heaven and humanity) This novel is told in the first person and explores knowledge and experiences from many perspectives, including Taoist culture, astronomy, feng shui, Qimen Dunjia, physiognomy, palmistry, humanities, society, and science. Everything unknown in the world is like a vast darkness. Science is like a flashlight ill 4.3kReads9.2Score700Shelves
43. 193 咒 The Secret Transmission of Cursed Spirits 咒灵密传 I, the First Emperor, Need Money, Get It?我始皇打钱懂Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The curse awakens, and the mysterious descends. Creatures from myth, bearing damaged curses, return to the mortal world. I gather the powers of death from myths of every kind, walking through a chaotic age as the curses awaken. The Yin Bride's marriage contract, the Jackal God's offering. The Goddess of Death yearns for affection, while the Hell Baron swears to follow me to the death. Izanami pledges her loyalty, and Thanatos submits. Black-winged angels fill the skies, while evil spirits and as 2Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 194 直 Live-Streaming a Borrowed Spell: Please Believe in Science 直播借法，请相信科学 Six-Stroke Wen Dao六笔文刀Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Welcome, viewers, to the livestream! There are no such things as ghosts in this world. It's all just people scaring each other. Today's broadcast is all scripted, with special effects. Please be sensible and trust in science! [Streamer, how about you put down that ruler in your hand before telling us to trust in science?] [Hey, streamer, are you selling that hamster or not?] By the Celestial Master's command, gods and ghosts must keep their distance! Those who refuse will be dealt with on the sp 8.2kReads8.3Score353Shelves
45. 195 灵 Beyond the Supernatural 灵异之上 Fed Up, Aren't You?烦了吧Urban1.9M WordsCompleted A modern urban high-level martial arts harem novel with a supernatural foundation, also known as Because I Can See Ghosts, They Fall for Me! This is for adults who can handle reality. If you’re a kid who hasn’t weathered any storms, go on back. If you curse me, I’ll have to curse you back, and honestly, it’s a huge waste of everyone’s time. 10Reads8.0Score—Shelves
46. 196 冥 Underworld Gambling Tiles, Thirteen Orphans: Win a Fox Spirit Wife 冥赌牌，十三幺，赢个狐妖当老婆 Teletubbies Die from Lies天线宝宝死于谎言Urban478k WordsOngoing [The rating just came in!] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Invoking the Gods] [Cultivating as a Taoist Master] Chen Yao runs a shop called Hall of the Immortals, where all kinds of gods are worshipped! Because he promised his grandfather on his deathbed to hold back, Chen Yao can't show what he can really do, leaving him dead broke. To make ends meet, Chen Yao and his best friend Yang Wei join what seems like an ordinary mahjong game. Once they sit down, Chen Yao realizes the 288Reads7.4Score112Shelves
47. 197 惊 Apartment 14: A Tale of Terror 惊悚14号公寓 Milk Tea, Extra Sweet奶茶全糖Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted I was promoted to security team leader at a new residential complex. I couldn't tell whether the people around me were human or ghosts: the beautiful woman in white who flags down cars at midnight, Old Zhang clutching an urn, the elderly man with a face as pale as a ghost's, and a colleague who vanished years ago only to turn up again... What? The eighteenth floor of Building 14 is off-limits? Then I'll just have to see whether this eighteenth floor is the eighteenth level of hell or... the huma 840Reads—Score100Shelves
48. 198 都 Urban: I Went Down the Mountain to Collect a Debt and Somehow Got a Wife 都市：下山要债，竟要到个老婆 I Really Want to Sleep真的想睡觉Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Urban Cultivation] [Invincible] [One Heroine] [Feel-Good Story] [Over-the-Top Thrills] Xiao Yang heads down the mountain with a promissory note from an old Taoist, intending to collect a debt. But he’s told the debt isn’t money: it’s a living, breathing wife. He went down the mountain to collect a debt, only to end up giving himself away? 1.4kReads7.4Score101Shelves
49. 199 我 My Years Learning to Catch Ghosts 我学捉鬼的那些年 Just Loves Drinking Milk就爱喝牛奶Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted People can get away with all sorts of things, but greed is one thing they must avoid, especially when it comes to things inside a coffin. And greed was exactly where I went wrong. If you covet money, it can cost you your life! They dug a red-lacquered coffin out of a construction site, and I thought I'd found a priceless antique. If I'd known what would happen afterward, I wouldn't have gone anywhere near it even if they killed me... 803Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 200 下 After Coming Down from the Mountain, I Unexpectedly Moved in with a Beautiful Woman 下山后，意外跟美女同居了 Su Xiaoci苏小辞Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Only one female lead On the day Qiu Chenfeng turned twenty, his master inexplicably kicked him down the mountain to fulfill a marriage contract, only for him to be inexplicably dumped. Then, while he was out getting something to eat, a beautiful police officer inexplicably arrested him. He ended up as a temporary worker on the criminal investigation team and soon settled in at her place. 15.8kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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