Eerie Cultivation, White-Bone Foundation Building, Heretical Paths, Conspiracies, Parasitism, and the Unknowable 诡异修仙、白骨筑基、外道、阴谋、寄生，不可名状

1. 51 最 The Ultimate Schemer: I Lower the Bar for Romance-Focused Fiction 最强毒士，我拉低女频世界下限 Gatsby Can't Get Back on His Feet盖兹比不会翻身Historical1.4M WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a Book + Poison-Tongued Strategist + Ruthless + No Romance + Comedy + Maximum Satisfaction] Lin Yi transmigrates into a romance novel and becomes a strategist by the female lead’s side? Having read the original, he knows: The female lead, Su He, may be a princess with power in her hands, but she’s an utterly love-addled saint! Her younger brother the emperor, her princess consort, even her maids and servants can all bully her! Fortunately, Lin Yi has the [Strongest Poison-Tong 4.6kReads8.3Score354Shelves

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   The plot is scheming against everyone except the female lead. It's very bizarre. When a woman is pregnant, he digs out the woman's child to see if it looks like the prince consort. If it doesn't, he puts it back in. If it does, then it's the prince consort's child.

2. 52 九 The Path of Immortal Cultivation Through the Nine Netherworlds 九幽冥葬修仙路 A Cool Drizzle at Night夜晚雨微凉Eastern Fantasy301k WordsOngoing A broken stele lies on its side, white bones buried beneath rampant weeds; A withered tree leans crookedly, cold mist swirling with the stench of decay; Ghostly green flames flicker in and out, while crows cry mournfully overhead. To seek immortality, one must be buried in a grave beneath the mass burial ground. To seek the Immortal Way, one must press on down the demonic path of Hesham. To find a way to survive, one must gaze upon the world with dark eyes and demonic pupils. To prove the Great 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   😂😂😂😂😂😅😅

3. 53 斩 Slay the Gods: The Demon Venerable of Mortal Life 斩神：浮生魔尊 Master Qingxiao青霄先生Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Have you ever wondered what it would be like to wake up in a world that's both strange and familiar? Have you ever wondered if the friends of old might one day stand before you as enemies? Have you ever wondered which way you'd turn when forced to choose between an old friend and your own life? My name is Fang Sheng. I have a bit of a sweet tooth, especially for cake. 84.2kReads9.1Score9.4kShelves
4. 54 索 Death Comes Calling Again, Starting on Campus 索命复苏，从校园开始 Pai Da Mian派大绵Mystery389k WordsCompleted This book is especially suited to college students. [No Female Lead] [No Golden Finger] [Transmigrate and Reborn] [Funny Mysteries] [Lighthearted] The school grounds are suddenly sealed off after evening study, but that is only the beginning of vengeful spirits claiming lives… (This is a fictional world and does not reflect reality in any way.) 42Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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   Book 1: Immortality Without Bounds. Feeding longevity to Gu (a type of poisonous insect), I attain the Heavenly Dao and cultivate a bizarre path. The protagonist's main focus is survival; after nine lifetimes as a commoner, he achieves enlightenment and shatters the heavens and earth. Book 2: Foundation Building with Bones. Cultivating unorthodox paths, I use the bones of all living beings as a foundation to aid my path to heaven. Book 3: Ghosts and monsters resurrect. With boundless courage, I sweep across the world; the social hierarchy of this world should be reshuffled. Book 4: Lured and buried beneath a mountain, I transform myself into a tombstone, corrupting the mountains and polluting the spiritual energy of all living beings, thus attaining the path of an evil god.

5. 55 不 You Won't Let Me Cultivate? I'll Poison You, You Son of a Bitch 不让我修仙，我毒死你个王八蛋 The Snail Carrying Three Houses背着三座房子的蜗牛Eastern Fantasy236k WordsOngoing Survival-first cultivation with a shameless schemer. If someone wrongs me, I get even. No saintly mercy. If I can't win, I run. If I can't run, I strike from the shadows. Kidnapped and forced to become a bandit, I find a cauldron and use it to refine anything and everything. People, objects, even planets can be refined! Why cultivate immortality if not to do whatever you want? In my previous life, I was timid and submissive in the real world. After I transmigrated, I hit back hard. If I can't do 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 魔 Cultivating the Demonic Path: Plundering Fortune from the Start 魔道修仙：开局掠夺气运 Rock Sugar Strawberry冰糖草莓Eastern Fantasy523k WordsOngoing [System + Demonic Cultivator + Decisive and Ruthless + Willing to Yield or Fight + No Female Lead] PS: This is a story about a demonic cultivator. Morality and the like do not exist here. The male lead is devoted to the Dao and will stop at nothing to rise to the top. If that’s not for you, don’t read! Don’t read! Don’t read! He Qiu was betrayed by his father and older brother. Believing it was better to shatter like jade than live like a roof tile, he resolutely self-destructed, taking those wh 14Reads7.1Score—Shelves
7. 57 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Being Sold to an Evil Sect 凡人修仙：从被卖到邪宗开始 Writing Is So Hard落笔太难啦Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation Style, No System, Cautious and Steady, Scheming and Deception] Ye Changqing takes the entrance exam to join an orthodox sect. After failing, he is sold to an evil sect instead. Step by step, Ye Changqing makes his way up from the bottom with the help of a stone bead that has a variety of uses. On the thorny path to immortality, Ye Changqing becomes an elder of the evil sect, a leading figure in the demonic path, and a leader of the orthodox path... (The evil sect is the evil 3.9kReads7.7Score243Shelves
8. 58 修 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 Jia Chou Mo Hai甲丑末亥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 21.1kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves

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   The first book was finished rather hastily. I think it could have been written to the Immortal Realm. The second book is a new book. As for the third book, well, it's a bit toxic, but the writing style is quite novel.

9. 59 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!” 2.1kReads8.2Score260Shelves

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   Recommended by a ten-year veteran bookworm; tested and safe to read.

10. 60 诡 Cultivating the Uncanny Dao: I Can Trade Away the Price of Cultivation 诡道修仙：我能置换修行代价 Savory Douhua咸豆腐脑Eastern Fantasy115k WordsOngoing [Demonic cultivation + cold-blooded and ruthless + decisive killing + loss of humanity] [Women appear, but there is no female lead] Cultivation comes at a price! A pretty young girl clutches a stinking corpse and gnaws at it. A swordsman in white sniffs the long strips of cloth used to bind a village woman’s feet. Rotting flesh lurks beneath the golden body of the Buddha, while writhing maggots dwell beneath the skin of immortals. Cultivators are neither free of worldly attachments nor pure of e 14Reads6.2Score—Shelves
11. 61 开 From the Start, I Had Only Eight Years to Live, So I Bet It All 开局只有8年寿命，我选择梭哈 Hamburger Without the Bun汉堡没有包Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Concept Enhancement + Decisive and Ruthless + No Brain-dead Moves + Cold-Blooded and Merciless + Rock-Solid Caution + No Simping] After mysteriously transmigrating to another world, Ding Yi grew more and more uneasy by the day. He noticed that the elderly couple who had kindly taken him in kept peeping at him outside his door in the middle of the night. The suppressed, excited breathing and sounds of swallowing from beyond the crack in the door left Ding Yi in no doubt that the old couple would 46.1kReads8.8Score4.4kShelves
12. 62 灰EN Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 Anti-Static防静电Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 90.1kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves

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    "Mysterious Cultivation"

13. 63 吾 I Cultivate Immortality Through Unorthodox Ways 吾于旁门，左道成仙 Luo Lan Loves to Cook爱做饭的罗兰Urban726k WordsCompleted Reborn in a parallel world, Chen Feng joins the Daoist sect as a practitioner of the Left Path after catching a dead fish. At a certain gathering, the sect leaders discuss whether to let rogue cultivators leave the assembly. “I am Daoist Fengdu. Who says practitioners of the Left Path cannot ascend to the Heavenly Gate?!” ...The Soul-Taming Umbrella (Merit Umbrella), the Hundred-Soul Banner (Human Emperor Banner), the Gu-Refining Basin (Treasure-Gathering Basin), and the Spine Sword (Xuanyuan Sw 5.7kReads8.9Score412Shelves

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    This book is good, you can check it out.

14. 64 打EN Cultivating Immortality: My Path to Unrivaled Power 打坐就能涨法力，贫道要无敌 Qian Li Tongfeng千李同风Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsCompleted [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Crushes every opponent] [From setbacks to triumph] [One explosive breakthrough after another] [The ways of the world] [Rapidly becomes invincible] Under a gloomy sky, demons run rampant and evil spirits abound. Ordinary people struggle to survive under the protection of extraordinary forces. Cultivation sects stand high above the world, Dao Lords look down on the ants with indifference, and the word “immortal” has become the greatest taboo. Young Li Qingyun is an 55.1kReads8.7Score5.1kShelves

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    These should be fine. The second book is a bit of a rip-off, but the others are okay.

15. 65 我 I Take a Wife and Seek Immortality in a Chaotic World 我在乱世娶妻长生 Long Buqi龙不弃Eastern Fantasy4.6M WordsOngoing Xu Lian transmigrates into a chaotic world overrun by the supernatural and gains the golden finger everyone loves to see. It brings him joy while making him stronger. Who wouldn't love a golden finger like that? Seas change into fields, and the years go by. Many years later, he has earned a string of titles: The mayor of Green Bamboo Town. The guardian of order in the town. The head of a prominent household. A contributor to population growth. The godfather of the neighborhood. The good man 7.4kReads7.8Score372Shelves
16. 66 一 One Pickaxe to Godhood: I Struck It Rich Mining in the Haunted Realm 一镐成神：我在诡界靠挖矿成首富 Carefree Swaying Fried Dough Twist自在摇摆的油条Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsOngoing A world where monsters, demons, ghosts, and gods walk the earth, a world where chaos and order coexist. The protagonist is so poor that he goes to the strange realm to find work, only to discover, to his delight, that it is far easier to make money there than in the human world. He builds his business in the strange realm, then expands into other territories, eventually becoming a renowned tycoon. 7.5kReads7.9Score621Shelves
17. 67 诡 The Weird Path to Immortality: I Become a God in a Strange World 诡道长生：我在诡异世界封神 Xian Muo衔木oEastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Eerie] [Gu cultivation] [A completely revamped power system] The blind Lin Hun is a corpse collector, a white-clad servant in his ninth life at the Demon Suppression Bureau. Born ill-fated, he cultivates the eerie path with his crippled body. He spends his days collecting, stitching, and refining corpses, surrounded by the Eerie. Then he unexpectedly awakens the divine Eerie art, "The Lifespan-Boiling Gu Cultivation Method": Use lifespan as fuel, boil up supernatural abilities, and cultivate Gu 24.1kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves
18. 68 诡 Surviving in a Haunted Paradise 诡异福地求生 I, Too, Am a Dragon Slayer我亦是屠龙客Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Infinite survival + System + supernatural horror + survival + wish fulfillment] Waking from a dream, Zhou Qing finds himself in the midst of a terrifying supernatural survival game. To stay alive, he has to gather all kinds of supplies during the day and strengthen his blessed sanctuary. At night, all manner of supernatural horrors appear. Only thorough preparation can get him safely through the darkness. But unlike everyone else, Zhou Qing can see the livestream comments and gather all kinds o 10.6kReads8.5Score703Shelves
19. 69 我 My Saint-Transforming Wife 我的化圣娘子 Admiring Red Leaves慕红叶Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted I transmigrated into the most terrifying place in Journey to the West: Lion Camel Ridge. I went crazy. Then the whole world went crazy. P.S. Lion Camel arc: Little Whirlwind became the king?! Chang'an arc: It's over, I'm surrounded by my aunties!! Journey West arc: refining the monkey, slaying the dragon, surpassing the pig, the Fourth Calamity, baiting the heavens... Creation arc: Nuwa, a snail? Pink arc: Hahahaha… P.P.S. After the Chang'an arc, the protagonist goes completely insane. Th 1.1kReads8.3Score100Shelves

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    First book: Rebirth, building a power, practicing unorthodox cultivation, with a great opportunity to perfect the technique. Both main and supporting characters are intelligent, and there are no saintly figures! Second book: Horror!!! Everything is a scheme; the lower levels are all farmed food!!!! The protagonist uses his cheat ability to create avatars everywhere, which are discovered by powerful figures!!!!

20. 70 修 Cultivation Is Seriously Toxic 修仙真有毒 Shanchuan Liqiu山川里秋Eastern Fantasy481k WordsCompleted [Uncanny cultivation + team expeditions and treasure hunting + super-handsome sword immortal + no saintly do-gooder + ruthless and decisive + no female lead + painfully bizarre + this world is far too dangerous] The old beggar raised two fingers in a sword gesture and cried, “Draw!” Blood spurted from his back. A bloody spinal column shot out of his flesh with a slippery hiss, turned into a streak of white light, and flew into the woods. Bai Xiaoyi stared, dumbfounded. Cultivation really is pois 2.5kReads8.5Score169Shelves
21. 71 大 The Great Demon Reborn 大魔苏生 Little Sweetheart Who Loves Horses喜欢马匹的小甜心Eastern Fantasy758k WordsOngoing (Cultivation with Lovecraftian horror) (No female lead) The sages have vanished, and all living beings have fallen! How can we cross this sea of suffering? Only slaughter leads to the shore! Mo Lu is steeped in demonic nature, possessed by all three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion. He does no good deeds, preferring instead to kill and burn. Yet in this chaotic world of cultivation, he is like a carp leaping through the Dragon Gate, or a tiger returning to the mountains. Just see what path 4.9kReads8.9Score428Shelves

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    Mo Lu poured his magic into the scene again, finally obtaining the image of his master, Daoist Zi Rui, when he was still a disciple. This was also the first time he had seen the five patriarchs Daoist Zi Rui had mentioned. In a dark and empty hall, structured like a Daoist temple, a purple fox was bound to a prayer mat, its limbs immobilized. It could only stretch its neck several feet out, twisting it like a snake, and tapping it repeatedly, like an old farmer hoeing the ground. Beside it were its fellow disciples, some demons, some humans, each with different faces, but all sharing the same Daoist robes and bound limbs, forced to bang their heads on the ground. The meat broth in the cauldron became increasingly fragrant. The black wall trembled, and just as Mo Lu thought five demon-like Daoists would emerge from it like a giant bear parting a white mist, a layer of foul-smelling, viscous blood dripped from the top of the wall. Mo Lu covered his nose. Although it was just a hallucination in his mind, every detail and sensory experience was unmistakably real. The cauldron hissed, releasing a puff of white smoke. Mo Lu looked up. The black wall—or rather, the wall of flesh and blood—had shrunk considerably. Blood surged on the wall, and five enormous human faces coalesced, greedily lowering their eyes to examine the meat and broth in the cauldron. Mo Lu realized with a start that there was no dense darkness at all; the black wall was the very essence of the five ancestral masters. The flowing flesh and blood was simply the process of the masters turning around.

22. 72 妖 The Demon Dao Begins with Strange Tales 妖道从志怪笔记开始 Lunar Hill's Lantern Spirit Keeper月丘的灯灵使Eastern Fantasy248k WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation] + [Low-key collection of strange tales] + [Light xianxia and the uncanny] + [Myriad Worlds] + [Unorthodox arts] + [Xianhu style] The fading flame of a fox that never got the chance to repay a debt of gratitude illuminates a scholar’s path to immortality. One mysterious, uncanny tale after another becomes a guiding beacon for cultivators. World after world bears the traces of immortals. Mortal: Haunted by foxfire, practices demonic arts. Qi Refining: Tends foxfire, cultivates 52Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Folklore # eeriness # horror # nightmare # fantasy

23. 73 让 You Asked Me to Restore Relics, So Why Did I Skin an Evil God? 让你修文物，你把邪神剥皮了？ Sunset Collector日落收集员Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Chinese-style Lovecraftian horror + craftsman protagonist + invincible mastermind] Beneath the neon lights, a stage is set. Some use human bones for drumsticks; others make costumes from the flesh of gods and Buddhas. This is a bizarre age where “nothing is forbidden,” and every god in the heavens is a man-eating monster. Li Muyang runs a nearly bankrupt antique restoration shop. His family’s traditional craft is “skin restoration.” One night, a bleeding “Flesh Bodhisattva” knocked on his door, 347Reads—Score100Shelves
24. 74 港 Hong Kong Crossover: My Ghost Wife Helps Me Reach for the Clouds 港综：鬼妻扶我凌云志 Leaning on the Mountain, Watching the Sea倚山观海Mystery133k WordsCompleted Chen Mo transmigrates into a shared universe of Hong Kong ghost movies, using a merit System to resolve the grievances of vengeful ghosts. The playful Xiaohua from Grave of the Demon Ghost, the delicate Ah Hong from Troublesome Night, the tragic Nie Xiaoqian from A Chinese Ghost Story, and more all have their tragic fates rewritten with Chen Mo's help. 185Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 探 Paranormal Livestream: I Have Infinite Revives 探灵直播：我有无限复活 Enjoying the Ride坐享骑乘Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Livestreaming + Comedy + Absurdity + Livestreaming + Ghost Hunting + Wild Imagination + Folk Customs] Ghosts? What are those? A scientist will tell you they’re neutrinos, radio waves, or 21 grams… A philosopher will tell you they’re spiritual entities that retain self-awareness after leaving the body… It took Chen Mo a series of ghost-hunting livestreams to find out. What people call ghosts are really those they long for day and night, but can never see again… Chen Mo, known as Chen the Daring, 61.9kReads8.3Score7.3kShelves
26. 76 我 I Created the World 我创造了世界 Fang Yebai方夜白Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted Chen Luo found a Primordial Brush that let him create worlds at will. Whatever he wrote with it would become real in another world. He wrote down light, and the world gained a sun. He wrote down life, and the world gained countless species. More amazingly, he could bring players into this world and have them help evolve its species, advancing the world itself. So Chen Luo turned it into a hit online game that took the world by storm! “Second Life, a casual life-simulation game. Ten years in the 14.6kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
27. 77 从 From Minor Unorthodox Cultivator to Primordial Spirit Dao Lord 从旁门小修到元神道君 Miao Eats Fish媌吃鱼Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Overpowered protagonist + ordinary mortal's journey + ruthless style + Immortal Gourd style + Deep Blue stat boosts + decisive and merciless + cautious cultivation + unorthodox methods + steady and prudent + cultivation + Daoist priest + Strange Tales + longevity + Primordial Spirit] In an immortal world, what could be better than being a young Daoist who admires beautiful women, loves flying swords, raises venomous insects, draws talismans, refines pills, and enjoys a long, carefree life? Unfo 15.3kReads8.3Score1kShelves

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    Stepping into the world of "Mysterious Cultivation" is like falling into an endless, bizarre abyss of cultivation. In this chaotic world, common sense is overturned, and a sinister atmosphere pervades. Cultivators are no longer lofty, holy beings; they struggle and wander in darkness and eeriness. Whispers that send chills down your spine emanate from mysterious ruins, as if an unknowable terror is about to descend. The protagonist, burdened with a mysterious mission, struggles forward on this bizarre path of cultivation. Along the way, he encounters all sorts of strange and eerie monsters, each exuding a terrifying aura. The evil forces lurking in the shadows constantly covet his soul. The cultivation techniques are unpredictable and fraught with taboos and dangers. When the blood moon hangs in the sky, strange phenomena occur one after another, and an ancient curse quietly revives. In mysterious caves, magical artifacts emitting eerie light are displayed, seemingly telling a tragic story of the past. Here, death is a constant companion, and fear permeates the heart, yet the yearning for immortality burns ever stronger. Readers will follow the protagonist on this bizarre and thrilling journey, experiencing its chilling yet irresistible allure. Are you ready to face this strange storm of cultivation? Embark on this breathtaking reading adventure!

28. 78 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 68.8kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves
29. 79 修 Cultivation Begins at the Altar of Fate 修仙从命运祭坛开始 Working Out in a Dream梦中健身Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation, magic treasures) In a cultivation world where people can move mountains, overturn seas, pluck stars from the sky, chase the moon, and live forever, none of it is mere fantasy anymore. The mortal Pei Yi, reborn into this life, relies on the supreme Treasure of the Destiny Altar to change his fate and rise from the bottom of the cultivation world. He, too, hopes to savor the fruit of immortality 126Reads8.6Score—Shelves
30. 80 西 Demon Venerable of Journey to the West: Starting by Plundering Traits 西游妖尊：从掠夺词条开始 Moon over the Old Home故地明月Eastern Fantasy402k WordsCompleted Chen Yang transmigrates into Journey to the West by accident, becoming a rhinoceros demon in Lion Camel Ridge. Fortunately, he has a trait-plundering panel. At first, he only wants to survive in the world of Journey to the West. But when he looks back, he discovers that he has already reached the pinnacle of the entire world. “Traits are the Great Dao, and I have three thousand Great Daos at my side.” “What can you possibly use to fight me?” Standing before the Zixiao Palace, Chen Yang says 554Reads6.7Score—Shelves
31. 81 诡 Eerie Descent: I'm Just a Maoshan Disciple 诡异降临：我就是个茅山学徒 Year After Year, Not a Rice Cake年年不是年糕Mystery836k WordsCompleted The world he entered turned out to be one of the movies he had seen in his previous life, mostly Uncle Jiu's zombie films. And somehow, no one else had seen them. He possessed a tag System. The digitized tags could reveal information about objects. [Name: Royal Zombie (asleep)] [Corpse Qi: 100/100] [Current State: Has turned into a zombie, but is being suppressed] [Host's best current method of suppression: Glutinous rice, talismans, and similar items can temporarily suppress the corpse qi and p 194Reads5.4Score—Shelves
32. 82 你 You’re a Middle Schooler, Yet You Rule the Ghost Market? 你一初中生，竟在鬼市当大佬？ One Smoke to Godhood一烟封神Mystery152k WordsCompleted Who would have thought that Zhou Jinjiang, a middle schooler with average grades who planned to pursue art, was secretly a top-tier star among the ghost market's most influential stallholders in the underworld? During winter break, his family was struggling, so he took the only 200 yuan of New Year money he had and set out to sell beaded bracelets. But after taking a wrong turn, he stumbled into a strange night market blazing with lights. Its customers wore shrouds and carried lanterns. Not one 3Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 83 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... 6.2kReads8.9Score632Shelves

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    Weird, high score

34. 84 港 Collecting Yin Spirits in Hong Kong's Haunted World, I Become a God Through Deconstruction 港诡收阴人，我靠分解成神 Green-Bearded Lad青髯郎Mystery327k WordsCompleted The protagonist transmigrates into a Hong Kong supernatural world and gains a Disassembly System. While others hunt ghosts, I take them apart. Spiritual energy, skills, supernatural objects: I get it all. My cultivation rockets ahead. Let every ghost come to me. 298Reads6.3Score—Shelves
35. 85 在 In That Bizarre Hotel, I’m the Only Code of Law 在那诡异的旅馆，我是唯一的法典 Deep-Sea Fish by Crescent Bay月牙湾边的深海鱼Mystery568k WordsOngoing When an indescribable terror descends and the laws of physics cease to apply, Lu Xi'an adjusts his glasses. “From now on, this place is under my control. Anyone who breaks the rules will be... eliminated.” [Official Synopsis] In 2035, the “Great Sundering” erupts. The physical laws of the old world collapse, and humanity plunges into an abyss of chaos. Knocking at midnight, shadows that must never be looked at directly, streets where turning around means certain death... horror stories become th 6Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 86 旁 Heterodox Arts: Beginning My Cultivation by Refining the Entire Village 旁门左道：从炼化全村开始修行 The Yasha Who Loves Meat爱吃肉的夜叉Mystery383k WordsCompleted I'm working on a new novel in the same genre. My grand goal for 2026: finish my first million-word novel. Longtime readers, stay tuned. [Corpse Control, Cursecraft, Raising Little Ghosts]+ [Eight Hundred Schemes Up His Sleeve]+ [Master of Disguise]+ [Sneaky Schemer]+ [Voldemort] My name is Chen Xiu. If you become my enemy, it's to the death. That's why people in the business like to call me “Daoist Wuyou.” I always say: pay me, and I'll solve your problems… A child lights a lamp, a vengefu 3.9kReads7.2Score244Shelves
37. 87 开 Dreamweaver from the Start, Building a Foundation with Chaos Demon Gods 开局织梦师，混沌魔神筑基 A Foolish Bird in Its Nest眷巢笨鸟Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Wish Fulfillment + One Heroine + Superpowers + Ruthless] After awakening the Dreamweaver ability, Wang Qi spent seven years in despair, shunned by his family and abandoned by his childhood sweetheart. Casting aside all thoughts of life and death, he ventured alone into the depths of the dream realm. There, he forged a divine dream kingdom from the corpses of Chaos Gods, claimed dominion over the river of dreams, and used the illusory dreamscape to cover the real world. The myriad heavens bowed 80Reads6.7Score—Shelves
38. 88 全 Cultivators for All: I Am a Homebody Immortal 全名修士：我乃宅仙 Chilling Ghost Wind幽风凌冽Urban310k WordsCompleted (Many beauties + System + cultivation + the uncanny + feel-good thrills + rising from humble beginnings) In the 21st century, a whole new kind of cultivator arrives with a bang, each one awakening a Cultivator Panel. Cultivation requires no spiritual roots, spirit stones, or Daoist heart. Water cultivators gain spiritual power by drinking water... Earth cultivators cultivate by eating dirt... Evil cultivators make artificial evil-god idols... Form cultivators use blank cells... I am a homebody c 73Reads6.0Score—Shelves
39. 89 俗 The Paper Effigy Maker of the Mortal World 俗世扎纸匠 Thousand-Faced Demon Child千面妖童Mystery687k WordsCompleted Paper cutouts for skin, carved bamboo for bones, ink to seal the soul. My name is Shen An, and I’m a paper effigy maker in the mortal world. Others make paper effigies to fool ghosts. I make them to kill ghosts, and to carve myself a path to greatness in this mad world. Whether it’s a Painted-Skin Ghost stripped of its flesh or a headless, nameless corpse, bring it into my shop and I’ll fix it up until it looks presentable. A bone-carving knife in my hand, a pool of Shadow-Demon Ink on my workbe 2.6kReads6.4Score159Shelves
40. 90 系 The System Is Born Rebellious, and Its Created Demonic Arts Are Too Deranged 系统天生反骨，创的魔功过于鬼畜 Fat Cat Detective肥猫警长Eastern Fantasy777k WordsCompleted [Eight years old + mortal body + heaven-defying comprehension + hilarious and ridiculous + creating bizarre cultivation techniques + unorthodox demonic arts + multiple heroines] Also known as The Bizarre Chronicles of Abnormal Humans and My Disciples Are Getting Less and Less Human The demonic path flourishes while the righteous path declines. Ye Xiaoyao transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the young patriarch of the righteous Tai Xuan Holy Land. He has heaven-defying comprehension, bu 7.1kReads9.0Score682Shelves
41. 91 除 Exorcist: From the Start, I Encounter the Great Black Buddha Mother 除魔人：开局遇到大黑佛母 Wu Song Who Loves Ximen爱西门的武松Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Original title: Exorcist: Starting Out by Encountering the Great Black Buddha Mother [Supernatural] + [System] + [Narrow Escapes] + [Film, Animation, Books, and TV] + [the Myriad Worlds] + [Not a Power Fantasy] + [Thriller] + [Horror] The male lead, born under an ill-fated destiny, faces a life-and-death calamity but is unexpectedly chosen by the System. He transmigrates through various parallel worlds to carry out missions to exorcise demons and uphold justice. When you transmigrate and encount 171Reads6.2Score—Shelves
42. 92 鄱 The Tale of the Lord of Poyang Lake 鄱阳湖君传 Left-Handed One-Armed Man左断手Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted This book has been published. After an unexpected transmigration, Chen Qinghe became a blackfish spirit in Poyang Lake. Though transformed into a demon, Chen Qinghe never forgot his humanity. He rescued people from drowning, gave aid to those in danger, and lived peacefully alongside humans, who came to revere him as the Great King Wuli. But people have their fortunes and misfortunes, and demons have their tribulations. As various factions schemed over Poyang Lake, Chen Qinghe became the first s 22.3kReads9.1Score2kShelves
43. 93 诡 Eerie Fishing 诡异垂钓 The Big Big Big Honey Badger大大大蜜獾Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted {No melodrama + no System + no harem} "Have you ever seen a ghost? You might not believe me, but I've seen plenty!" "My name is Lin Zhao. My world has undergone a massive change, and all kinds of evil spirits and strange creatures are coming back to life." "Humanity has been pushed to the brink. To survive, I have no choice but to hunt ghosts with a fishing rod and grow stronger..." This is a world where spiritual qi has revived, and a world full of the bizarre! 819Reads8.1Score100Shelves
44. 94 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 6.3kReads9.4Score800Shelves
45. 95 诡 Eerie Revival: From the Start, I Became a Coffin Ghost 诡异复苏：开局成为棺材鬼 Fortune Is on My Side造化在我呢Mystery301k WordsCompleted Standing before you is the strongest evil spirit of the age of supernatural resurgence: Zuo Feng [Author's Note] There's no point in keeping spoilers under wraps now, since there won't be any more chapters. Yu Xin had the same identity as Jin Songxi: she was one of Zuo Feng's teammates before he was reborn. She had learned about all this a long time ago, which was why she guided Zuo Feng step by step to the train, where the Flower Snatcher was imprisoned and controlled. Her later appearance in X 747Reads5.4Score—Shelves
46. 96 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: I Begin by Refining Corpses 凡人仙途，我从炼尸开始崛起 Yi Ying易鹰Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Classic ordinary-mortal cultivation + no transmigration + no System + no saintly protagonist + ruthless and merciless + unattached beauties] An orphan caught between life and death is taken in by a fallen evil-path cultivator whose cultivation has been destroyed, and inherits his master's legacy. Thus begins his journey into the cultivation world, where the strong prey on the weak. He bides his time among the major sects and prominent clans, then moves between the demonic and evil paths, gradua 4kReads8.6Score324Shelves

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    The first book features a ruthless protagonist who starts as the leader of the Yellow Springs Sect, but many people want him dead! What to do? He has no choice but to strike first! [Heavy punch] The second book features a protagonist who doesn't cultivate the Golden Core or follow the conventional path; he plays with ghosts, and surprisingly, he becomes an immortal before everyone else! [Laughs] The third book is a rare find—a high-scoring novel above 9 points. It has many plot devices, yet they are all interconnected. You only truly understand it towards the end. Follow Uncle Tui so you don't get lost! [Please follow]

47. 97 虚 Invasion of the Void Realm: I Stay Alive by Writing Carefully 虚境入侵，我以一笔谨慎保命 Wei Bai尾白Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [No System + no special abilities + not a power fantasy + slow burn + mild horror] The pacing is slow, it's not a power fantasy, and it contains mild horror. Please read with caution if that's not your thing. There are no special powers or powerful weapons. To stay alive, you can only rely on special items that are incredibly hard to obtain and have limited effects. What should an ordinary college student do when faced with strange events? Obviously, (crossed out) lie low, grow stronger, then cu 53Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 背 Carrying a Coffin to Bury the Mortal World, Immortal for Ninety Thousand Years 背棺葬人间，长生九万年 Moonlit Chang'an月明长安Eastern Fantasy500k WordsCompleted [Immortality + System + coffin-making + claiming lives + ultimate villain look + no female lead] Lu Wusheng transmigrates to a fantasy world and inherits a shop that sells incense and candles. Making paper money every day increases his lifespan. Placing people in coffins increases his cultivation. And so, over the long years, Lu Wusheng begins an endless cycle of making money and coffins, hunting down souls and claiming lives. In the endless river of time, Lu Wusheng has witnessed ghost kings ma 2.5kReads8.8Score236Shelves
49. 99 朝 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 Heaven in a Teapot茶壶洞天Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.8kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves

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

50. 100 大 Great Love Immortal Venerable 【大爱仙尊】 Little Sheng小聖Eastern Fantasy183k WordsOngoing [No System + Traditional Style + No Corruption + Healing Story + No Female Lead] Frost winds blow atop Spirit Pill Peak; a youth with a twin-born body grieves. A thousand disciples of the Little Mystic Sect feel ashamed; in the southern lands, his heart still dares to dream big. In the Heavenly Dragon Realm, ten thousand sects bow; the Love Gu falls to tears of devotion! He has defied fate, and now defies Heaven itself. The Immortal Venerable has no regrets, and neither do I. A little frost, a l 299Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    These are also very good, I recommend them. There are also animations made by the authors of these books. On Bilibili, Gui She is Xiao Yibai, Da Ai Xian Zun is Chan Xian Zun, I can rewind infinitely, I understand all the trump cards (until death do us part) is 1 Xiao Fei animation, I am not a god of drama is Lin Xi Lin Xi the Great Demon King, I learned to slay gods and sequence in the mental hospital: ascending to godhood I forgot, and the end of ten days is Xiong Zai Zai's silly animation. You're welcome.

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