Modern Urban Novels Where the Male Lead Masters Talismans and Battles Ghosts and Zombies 现代都市，男主精通符箓，与鬼怪僵尸搏斗

1. 1 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves

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   Check this out, it's amazing! The male lead possesses incredible Taoist skills, exceptional intelligence, and decisive, ruthless methods, easily defeating all sorts of demons and monsters. His entrance is a game-changer, it's super, super good, highly recommended!

2. 2 神 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 Small-Town Earl小镇伯爵Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 75.4kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves

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   In this modern city setting, the protagonist possesses exceptional comprehension. He cultivates true qi through ancient texts, opening up his meridians and mastering qi refining, foundation building, and communication with spirits. He is skilled in Taoist arts, proficient in talismans, and operates on his own unique methods. He gradually grows stronger and is extremely self-disciplined. Combined with elements of academic excellence, the writing is good, the pacing is comfortable, and it's a very enjoyable slice-of-life story that's engaging, captivating, and easy to get hooked on.

3. 3 女 A Female Ghost Shows Up Pregnant, and You Say You're a Proper Daoist? 女鬼怀孕上门你说你是正经道士？ Fined Into Bankruptcy for Being Handsome因帅被罚破产Mystery4.1M WordsOngoing [Mystery Solving] [Ghost Stories] [Chinese Folk Traditions] Su Yun is an heir to the Yin-Yang School, one of the pre-Qin traditions. Introduced by an acquaintance, he went on a blind date and met his girlfriend. After they broke up, Su Yun prepared to turn her into a zombie. Just as the process was nearly complete on the seventh day, a policewoman burst in and arrested him for murder. Su Yun: “I'm innocent! My ex-girlfriend was a flight attendant, fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged. Why wo 221kReads9.1Score23.8kShelves

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   The modern urban male protagonist is highly capable, has a charming and quirky personality, and is very entertaining and engaging to watch.

4. 4 半 I Play Rock-Paper-Scissors with the Mirror at Midnight, and I Won't Sleep Until I Win 半夜和镜子猜拳，我赢一把就睡 Mr. Krabs Loves to Eat蟹老板爱吃饭Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The entire Xie family had a rather spooky air about them. His great-great-grandfather was a mountain wanderer, and his great-great-grandmother sewed up corpses. His great-grandfather was a Maoshan Taoist, and his great-grandmother was a spirit medium from Fengtian. His grandfather made paper offerings, his grandmother prepared bodies for burial, his father drove corpses, and his mother raised poison insects. Some of his ancestors even liked to dig themselves out of their graves… As a result, X 5.8kReads9.0Score578Shelves
5. 5 这 How Is He a Simp? Even Female Ghosts Are Throwing Themselves at Him! 这哪是舔狗？连女鬼都在倒贴他！ Hanmo Songzhen翰墨松桢Urban1.1M WordsCompleted This book has multiple female leads. If that’s not your thing, proceed with caution! After swearing he’d never be a simp again, Chen Zhen somehow becomes a “Grim Reaper of the Six Realms.” Humans, ghosts, demons, gods, devils, and immortals: Beautiful women from all six realms throw themselves at him, and his life becomes one where he’s the one being pursued... “What do you do when a female ghost tries to force you into marriage? Asking online, and I’m in a real hurry...” “Miss, my cultivation 8.8kReads8.8Score993Shelves
6. 6 我 Even the Heavenly Court Fears the Ghosts I Raise 我养的鬼连天庭都忌惮 Cold Words and Leng Words冷言leng语Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Overpowered protagonist] [Satisfying story] [The strongest Celestial Master] Twenty years ago, five-year-old Zhang Ze was taken away by a mysterious old man. When he returned, he brought a host of ghosts with him. He was the strongest Celestial Master, and the only living earthly immortal in the world today. “Zhang Ze, just how strong are you now?” When an elderly Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain asked out of curiosity, Zhang Ze was about to answer when the ghost infant perched on his shou 47kReads8.8Score6.4kShelves
7. 7 大 Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Taoist Priest! 大哥，你是警察啊，不是道士！ Mou Zui谋醉Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [If you dislike cutesy, whimpering heroines, read no further] [Also known as: Me, a humble paper effigy maker, and you want me to crack a major case] When Yue Dong went to a telecom service center to cancel his late grandfather’s phone service, the staff gave him a hard time. “Rules are rules. The account holder has to be here in person!” “You have to follow the rules!” Yue Dong laughed in exasperation, then waved his hand and used his paper effigy-making skills to summon his late grandfather. T 71.6kReads9.2Score7.4kShelves

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   This book is truly worth reading; you won't be disappointed at all... When Yue Dong went to the Liandong branch to cancel his deceased grandfather's phone number, he was harassed by the staff. "According to the rules, only the deceased grandfather can do this!" "Rules are rules! They must be followed!" Yue Dong was so angry he laughed, 😚 💗 and with a wave of his hand, he used the skills of a paper craftsman to "invite" his deceased grandfather up. The staff member was so frightened he almost urinated and defecated on the spot...

8. 8 我 I Learn to Slay Ghosts on a Paranormal Forum 我在怪谈论坛学斩鬼 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 50.1kReads8.7Score6.4kShelves

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   The first one is a perfect match, but it's not easy to find one that mainly focuses on talismans; the others are more suitable.

9. 9 灵 Supernatural: I Exorcise Ghosts with Force and Scare the School Beauty Out of Her Wits 灵异：暴力驱鬼，我把校花吓懵了 Cold Words and Leng Words冷言leng语Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + comedy + System. If you read the first 30 chapters and don't laugh, come roast me!] On Zhang Wei’s first day of college, a blood-red sun hung in the sky and his entire class was dragged into a ghost realm. Just then, his Ghost-Teasing System awakened! With the whole class under a ghost’s curse, the campus belle, Lu Lianxue, had no choice but to reveal her hidden identity: a disciple of Longhu Mountain and a member of the Exorcism Bureau. But before she could show off her skills.. 29.8kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
10. 10 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 155.2kReads9.3Score16.3kShelves
11. 11 出 Invincible the Moment I Leave the Village: How Will You Deal with Me? 出村就无敌，阁下如何应对 Three Jin of Grapes三斤葡萄Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Liu Ye had always thought he was a good person, especially a devoted son. He was particularly filial to his mother. The Festive Funeral Ghost: What a load of crap! He was kind and gentle toward his father. The Water Ghost: Waaaah... Don’t come any closer! If you do, I’ll kill myself! He would go through fire and water for his friends. The other ghosts: You mean you’d stab us twice, right? All in all, Liu Ye felt that he was a very happy person. All the ghosts: Isn’t your happiness just our tragi 165kReads9.5Score21kShelves
12. 12 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 173kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves
13. 13 未 A Celestial Master from the Future, Drifting Around the Entertainment Industry Until I Lose Contact 未来天师，人在华娱飘到失联 Rainy Night, No Umbrella, jojer雨夜不带伞jojerUrban1.8M WordsOngoing (A semi-alternate-universe entertainment-industry story + multiple heroines + feng shui geomancy and yin-yang mystic arts) My name is Chen Tianfan, a handsome fortune-teller who runs a photo studio by the entrance to Beijing Film Academy. I know a little kung fu, and I’m best at performing rituals and inscribing charms for female celebrities in the entertainment circle, improving their feng shui and luck, and solving all kinds of difficult ailments. People call me Chen Mayi, or Old Chen the Sixt 51.9kReads8.6Score5kShelves

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    Meeting your criteria, the protagonist of this book is a disciple of the Huashan School of Xuanmen.

14. 14 道 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery11.7M WordsOngoing At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 186.2kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves

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    I recommend two highly-rated novels, the second one being even better. The protagonist is the reincarnation of Erlang Shen, who has mastered the magic of the Taiping Dao, making him an unparalleled master.

15. 15 我 I'm Off to Cultivate Immortality 我去修仙咯 Empty Words in a Dream梦中的虚语Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Spiritual energy and mysterious forces are resurging across the globe, and humanity is groping its way along the path of evolution. Raise your sword to cleave heaven and earth, Bend down to protect the lowly. What does it truly mean to be strong? A mortal body, standing shoulder to shoulder with the gods! Where have all those familiar gods gone? How did the Winged Clan defeat the chief gods atop Mount Olympus? Why could they not enter the Eastern world? Shi Lai only wanted to live a carefree lif 40.2kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
16. 16 假 The Fake Young Master Is a Mystic Arts Powerhouse, and His Street Stall Stuns the City 假少爷是玄门大佬，摆摊震惊全城 Xiao Dan Dingdong晓丹叮咚Mystery379k WordsCompleted {The occult + fortune-telling stalls + ghost-catching + suspense + wild imagination + powerful protagonist} Ye Zhen, a powerful master of the Qingyang Sect, transmigrates into the body of Su Yang, the fake young master. A woman in a man’s body, she is drained of blood while being hung upside down from the start, and nearly turned into a dried corpse. It turns out they were trying to make him absorb the evil meant for the real young master. Su Yang breaks with his family and sets up a fortune-tel 67Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good, esoteric novel.

17. 17 无 Infinite Eerie: A Reply from a Higher Dimension 无限诡异：来自高纬度的回信 Delicious Cheese Sauce美味芝士酱Two Male Leads638k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + character growth + a partial golden finger] [Nonhuman top who starts off aloof and becomes hopelessly love-struck x gentle bottom who starts off timid and becomes a powerhouse] What wish would you make for something you could never have? In a temple, before a Buddha statue, with countless gods above, deliver me from all my suffering. Anyone whose wish is granted must offer up their flesh and soul to my lord, generation after generation. The cycle of cause and effect is endless! 302Reads8.3Score100Shelves
18. 18 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.3kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

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    Unorthodox methods have existed since ancient times. Because they are difficult to access and fraught with peril, even in this lawless age, unorthodox methods can lead to enlightenment. The protagonist is timid by nature, prone to leaving enemies unpunished, and suffers from insomnia at night; therefore, any enmity formed on a given day will surely prevent you from seeing the sun rise the next day.

19. 19 7 Bureau 749: What's Wrong with My Heavy-Handed Policing? 749局：我暴力执法怎么了 Years Gone By22陈年往事22Mystery805k WordsOngoing [Fictional Setting] [Supernatural with a Fantasy Lean] Chen Nian is nineteen years old. He has a secret. In his previous life, he was a Daoist heir, skilled in exorcising demons and vanquishing evil spirits, with all manner of Daoist arts at his fingertips. Yet he never saw a real ghost before he died. In this life, he waited nineteen years, and finally, he saw one. Others encounter ghosts and lose their souls in terror. He lights up at the sight. Others pray to the gods and buddhas for safety. 14.6kReads—Score1.2kShelves

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    Yes, yes, everything matches!

20. 20 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！ Salty Fish Only Know How to Be Salty咸鱼只会咸Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do 64.6kReads8.6Score5.7kShelves

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    In the Dharma-ending Age, all laws have ceased to exist, making cultivation as difficult as ascending to heaven! Having been a powerful evil lord in his previous life, the protagonist is reborn into a Hong Kong variety show world, only to find it still the Dharma-ending Age. The orthodox paths are impassable, and unorthodox methods are also blocked, leaving him no choice but to continue down his unorthodox path. The cultivation system differs from traditional methods; the protagonist improves his cultivation techniques by participating in the story and earning rewards, using zombies as the core and various ghosts as aids, to cultivate in the Dharma-ending Age.

21. 21 诡 The Ghost Child Celestial Master: Guiding Souls Through Life and Death in the Mortal World 诡童天师，我在人间渡生死 Westward View of Falling Water西观落水Mystery232k WordsOngoing Earthbound spirits, horned serpents, spirit clans, soul-binding arts, the Eight Schools of the Mystic Tradition, yin-yang masters, enfeoffment masters… The yin and yang of heaven and earth: humans, ghosts, monsters, and demons. My name is Chen An'an, and I'm a disciple of the Yin Mountain Sect. Born with a disability, I was called the reincarnation of a demon child at birth. At eighteen, I returned with a Yin-controlling forbidden array carved into my body and the Three Realms Token in my heart. 12Reads7.4Score—Shelves
22. 22 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
23. 23 午 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师：人回避，鬼上前 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 35.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
24. 24 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
25. 25 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
26. 26 三 Turning Thirty, I Went Home to Retire and Became a Martial Arts God 三十而立，回老家养老到武道通神 The Long Night Stretches On, Dust of Ages长夜漫漫万古尘Rural Life811k WordsOngoing At thirty, Cao Yong and his wife are both laid off. Looking at the little over a million yuan left in his bank account, Cao Yong takes his wife and child back to their hometown of Orange Village, planning to spend the rest of his life there in retirement. Then, while practicing the Eight-Part Vajra Exercise one morning, a panel appears before his eyes: [Eight-Part Vajra Exercise: Beginner 1/100] He thinks it must be a joke. How could a health exercise turn into anything special? Ten days later, 10.6kReads—Score1.1kShelves

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    💥A reclusive life in his hometown, practicing martial arts and enjoying retirement, he funds road construction projects for the benefit of his community. A shovelful of earth-shattering secrets he unearths an ancient tomb, unleashing a terrifying zombie rampage! Beneath the seemingly ordinary city lies a turbulent undercurrent; the entire city is populated by powerful cultivators. Full of plot twists and turns, this is a must-read for anyone looking for a good read! Go for it!

27. 27 最 The Last Descendant of Zhong Kui 最后一个钟馗传人 Yan Xiaoxiu阎小朽Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing I was cursed by a thousand-year-old fox demon the moment I was born. As a child, I couldn’t see or hear, and everyone said I was born disabled. But when I was five, a master took me in as his disciple. He said I was a reincarnated ghost god, a tempting morsel in the eyes of ghosts and monsters. The fox demon’s revenge, a frozen corpse in a dry well, a water ghost claiming lives, a hundred ghosts roaming by night... Strange events followed one after another. To protect myself, I had no choice but 5.5kReads9.0Score481Shelves

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    The animated versions on Bilibili are titled "Poor Taoist Xiao Er" (Zuo Dao He An) and "Celestial Master Chen An".

28. 28 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 62.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    Isn't this just walking right into my line of fire?

29. 29 爆 Grinding Like Mad at the Dao, This Old Daoist Will Become an Immortal Yet 爆肝道法，道爷我终将成仙 The Cat Who Drinks Lattes喝拿铁的猫Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Supernatural Horror + Eastern Lovecraftian Horror + Chinese-Style Horror] Beneath a world that seems peaceful and serene, a twisted, horrifying darkness churns. When the Seven Stars align and obscure the Moon, a hundred fangshi dance a mysterious, bizarre ritual on a mountaintop, then set themselves ablaze. Torrential rain pours down. In the hazy mist, an indescribable silhouette of horror appears, and overnight, everyone in the city goes mad. Three bells ring from a temple. Countless monks’ co 43.1kReads8.6Score3.7kShelves
30. 30 末 Apocalypse Exorcist Streams Monster Hunts, Goddess Shows Up With a Kid 末世天师直播杀怪，女神带娃堵门 Tranquil Dream Butterfly宁静梦蝶Urban3.8M WordsCompleted Apocalypse + celestial master + livestreaming + fortune-telling + monster slaying + goddess romance + one heroine + doting dad + transmigration! Zhang Haotian transmigrated into a world of ghost-themed games, only to die immediately. After becoming the supreme celestial master, he transmigrated again, this time into the original host's body. He sent the original host to the afterlife from the start! He'd only wanted to work nine to five, get married, have kids, and live an ordinary life! But who 11.3kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    This video features a single female lead in a post-apocalyptic livestream. The apocalypse unfolds gradually, not all at once. I've watched about half of it. Those interested can check it out.

31. 31 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 5.7kReads9.4Score584Shelves

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    I recommend a book; it's good, you can take a look.

32. 32 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 7kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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    The top-rated urban fantasy novel, not a wish-fulfillment story, with no female lead. The author is a Taoist priest from the Qingwei Sect, and the content is adapted from the author's real experiences. Highly recommended.

33. 33 诡 Supernatural Hong Kong Crossover: I Grinded Paper Control into Immortal Arts 诡异港综：从控纸术开始肝成仙术 A Guangdong Native, Not a Fujian Native广冬人不次胡建人Mystery753k WordsCompleted [Multiple Series Crossover] [Folklore] [Nostalgic Hong Kong Films] [No Harem] After being hit and sent flying by an unlicensed dump truck, Tang Ning transmigrates to a vast world where multiple film and television universes have merged. Here, zombies and red-clad female ghosts are real, and beneath the shadows, cults are plotting to summon evil gods! Fortunately, Tang Ning awakens a transmigrator's cheat package. Not only can he control paper figures, he can also use his lifespan to simulate cul 8.1kReads8.3Score459Shelves

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    These two books are absolutely great; they're not overly sentimental or intellectually deficient.

34. 34 我 I Have a Book of Ghosts and Gods 我有一本鬼神册 Always Offline一直关机Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted My new work, Artifact Sequence, is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 13kReads8.2Score861Shelves
35. 35 我 I’m a Ghost Officer, So Why Are You Asking Me to Marry the Campus Beauty? 我一个鬼差，你让我跟校花领证？ V Young Master of the Fan FamilyV范家大少Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Just Started College, and I Married the Aloof Campus Belle] [I’m a ghost officer. You want me to marry the campus belle?] [College Student Ghost Officer] [Campus Belle Wife] [Marriage Before Love] [Ferryman] … Synopsis: On his first day of college, freshman Cao Ning is forced to marry Xia Shihan, his betrothed, whom he has never met. He thinks it’s just a minor incident, but when he returns to campus to register, he discovers that the beautiful upperclasswoman at the registration desk is the ve 40.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    Soul Ferryman! A college student who works as a ghost messenger, whose campus beauty wife turns out to be the King of Hell. Over two million words, completed, plenty to satisfy.

36. 36 摆 Ferryman: From the Start, Keeping Watch Over the Campus Beauty at the Crematorium 摆渡人：开局在火葬场给校花守灵 V Young Master of the Fan FamilyV范家大少Urban500k WordsCompleted [Urban + campus beauty + college life + supernatural + ferryman + underworld + firearms] Heavenly Funeral Home Hiring Notice: Location: Cremation Room Job: Corpse Handler Pay: Day shift, 800 per day; night shift, 1,200 per day (must work at least seven days!) Requirements: Brave, no high blood pressure, heart disease, mental illness... Netizen 1: "Is anything scarier than being broke? 1,200 for one night? I'd not only carry corpses, I'd chase them down if they ran away." Netizen 2: "1,200 fo 5.1kReads9.0Score343Shelves
37. 37 风 Feng Shui Master: I Started by Subduing a Peerlessly Beautiful Corpse 风水天师：从收服绝美女尸开始 Dirt Rat土耗子Mystery148k WordsOngoing Supernatural mysteries + feng shui + Taoist arts + corpse seamsters + corpse salvagers + Gu sorcery + Nanyang black magic + folk occult arts + paper effigies A peerlessly beautiful female corpse, a seven-tailed white fox, a living corpse, an inn between yin and yang, a red bellyband, a haunted house, the slaying of an evil god, a drowned ghost, a hanged ghost, a headless ghost, embroidered shoes “Within three months, you must complete five tasks involving the dead, or you’ll be doomed beyond red 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Several books that are so good they're practically flying off the shelf

38. 38 麒 The Divine Qilin 麒麟神相 Daoist of Jiangnan江南道长Rural Life3.8M WordsCompleted I was born with a Qilin by my side. To save me, my grandfather peeled off his own human skin and gave it to a nine-tailed fox. That day, dead trees bloomed again, and all the beasts came to pay their respects! 10.8kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
39. 39 道 The Taoist Returns to His Village and Begins His Revenge as a Street Vendor 道士回村，从摆摊开始复仇 Entertaining Through Words以文娱人Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + feng shui + talismans + ghost hunting + demon slaying + folk customs + no System + no livestreaming + no cultivation] When his grandfather was young, he gathered herbs in the mountains and once saved a young Taoist priest who had been badly injured. To repay him for saving his life, the young Taoist chose a feng shui site known as “Golden Rooster Brooding Over an Egg” and told his grandfather to build the family home there. Once the house was complete, the Lin family grew rich a 23.4kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
40. 40 我 I’m a Taoist Priest. Isn’t Opening a Massage Parlor Perfectly Reasonable? 我一道士，开间按摩馆很合理吧？ Cao the Thief1979曹贼1979Urban396k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 27Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    These four books are good.

41. 41 恐 Terrifying Folk Customs: Starting with Red Paper Suppressing Spirits 恐怖民俗：从红纸压魂开始 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery533k WordsCompleted Every night at midnight, my wife secretly gets up and makes offerings to a sheet of red paper. Corpse-driving, Gu poison, summoning souls from the underworld, feng shui that destroys families, and dark magic that prolongs life: it all began when I discovered my wife's secret. 2.7kReads8.8Score411Shelves
42. 42 我 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 140.4kReads9.0Score27kShelves
43. 43 天 The Fox Wife Chosen by Fate 天命狐妻 Three-Fingered Loofah三指丝瓜Mystery1.7M WordsOngoing Born with a frail fate that draws evil spirits, I married a fox under the terms of a written betrothal. She unfurled her nine tails and protected me, granting me a lifetime of peace. I cultivated the Dao and cut down every wicked ghost in the world. Together, human and fox, we roamed between yin and yang. Blessed with a fox wife, I alone stand guard against a hundred ghosts! 5.3kReads7.4Score278Shelves

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    Both of these books feature a male protagonist who starts as a Taoist priest, accompanied by a nine-tailed fox and his senior sister, and the plots are quite sweet.

44. 44 出 I Was Born Without a Breath, and the One Who Saved Me Was a Nine-Tailed Fox 出生断气，救我的竟是九尾狐 Three-Fingered Loofah三指丝瓜Mystery121k WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror + Urban Legends + Ghost Stories] I had no breath when I was born. I should have been a stillborn baby. Just as my family fell into despair, a woman in white opened the door and saved my life... The one who rescued me wasn’t an enlightened master, but a nine-tailed fox who had lived for over a thousand years. 30Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 世 The World's Strange and Mysterious Tales 世界诡异录 Who Ate the Donut?谁吃甜甜圈Urban194k WordsOngoing My name is Li Yi. My master says I’m a rather interesting fellow. Give me a chance to meet you. Sit down and listen to my story. [Alternate World] + [Urban Fantasy] + [Supernatural Powers] + [Wild and Wacky] + [Not Horror + No System] Inspired by real events. This is the gateway to a whole new world you absolutely won’t want to miss! “None of it’s true! None of it! It’s all made up!!!” Li Yi, an ordinary college student beaten down by society, stumbles upon a mysterious bronze mirror from the s 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is a legitimate descendant of a Taoist Celestial Master, skilled in both talismans and formations, and possesses a complete set of skills in alchemy and thunder magic [thumbs up]. There are also various power systems, making the world-building extremely rich. You can see talismans used to exorcise ghosts, formations used to subdue demons, physical exorcisms, Sino-Japanese magical duels… There's nothing he can't do if you can imagine it [heart emoji]. It's not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel; both the protagonist and the villains are intelligent and have a sharp mind. The plot is exciting, interesting, and full of twists and turns [cool emoji]. It features a bizarre and imaginative premise; this urban martial arts novel is adapted from real-life bizarre events, such as the Nanjing Summer Festival and the Zhengzhou 725 Incident—the author's choice of titles is a complete misrepresentation [smirk emoji].

46. 46 茅 Maoshan Taoist Arts 茅山术 Life Like a Mayfly生似蜉蝣Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted “Master, why does everyone say that after the founding of the country, animals aren’t allowed to become spirits?” “Because it’s the law. Whatever is spoken becomes law. After the country was founded, no animals, plants, or anything else was allowed to become a spirit!!!” “Then why have we still run into so many demons and monsters?” “Because those were all from before the country was founded. Afterward, there are only ghosts. So you have to live your whole life carefully and keep a low profile. 3.5kReads7.4Score465Shelves

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    I think these three books are all good. You can see, they are all urban experiences, catching ghosts and eliminating demons.

47. 47 这 With So Many Female Ghosts Around, I Might as Well Stop Being Human 这么多女鬼，那我就不当人了 The Cat on the Mountain山野上的喵Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [Multiple Heroines (Most Aren't Human)]+ [Hunting Ghosts to Prove the Dao]+ [Comedy] After picking up a female ghost as a passenger from the start, Qin Tian's extraordinary life begins. (The audiobook version is even better.) A long-legged, adorably ditzy little ghost girl A domineering, blunt-talking Ghost Queen A mischievous cat-eared girl A sexy, bewitching fox spirit Cultivation, power, money… All kinds of strange and wonderful stories begin to unfold around him… 18.8kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
48. 48 掐 I Read Your Fortune: No, That's Your Sister! 掐指一算：不可，那是你姐！ White Dragon i Zhenren白龙i真人Mystery4.1M WordsCompleted [Fast-paced mini-arcs + comedy + insanely satisfying revenge + a touch of horror + fiercely protective] Chen Xuan transmigrated from Earth to the world of Blue Star. From the start, he inherited a dilapidated Taoist temple and awakened a System. Complete three tasks a day, and you can randomly draw Taoist power, cultivation techniques, cultivation levels, and magical treasures? He immediately started livestreaming, showing off his mystic arts and gaining fans. “Master, help! During the day, if I 19.5kReads8.3Score1.9kShelves

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49. 49 都 Demon Slayer of the City: This Taoist Master Kills, He Does Not Save 都市斩妖人：道爷只杀不渡 Shi Shan矢善Mystery606k WordsCompleted In the modern city, all seems peaceful and prosperous on the surface, but demons lurk beneath. The Taoist sect has fallen into decline, and swindlers are everywhere. The protagonist is one of the very few heirs who possess true teachings and ruthless methods. Hardcore Taoist arts, meticulous folk customs, brutal aesthetics, no female lead, intelligent characters 237Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    I like the urban atmosphere in this book the most. Monsters hide in wet markets and old neighborhoods, and Taoist priests mingle with the crowd to argue about the monster spirit. This is the kind of urban monster slaying I want to see.

50. 50 直 Livestream: I'm Really Not a Taoist Master 直播：我真不是道门大佬 Little Panda小熊猫Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Qin Hao was a Daoist priest in his previous life. After transmigrating, he discovered that he was a Daoist priest in this life too. From the start, he had a dilapidated temple, and had to rely on the mountains for everything! This was a parallel world where the Daoist faith had become little more than a legend and had nearly disappeared. But Qin Hao unexpectedly obtained the Daoist Venerable System, giving him the chance to revive the Daoist faith and restore its former glory! “Ding! Congratulat 7.9kReads8.3Score796Shelves

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    If you haven't read this book yet, 💘 you should definitely give it a try, the content is fantastic... Qin Hao, who was a Taoist priest in his previous life, finds himself still a Taoist priest in this life after transmigrating, starting with a dilapidated Taoist temple, living off the scraps he finds in the mountains! This is a parallel world where Taoism has become a legend, 😚 💖 💝 💘 almost disappeared, but Qin Hao unexpectedly obtains the Daoist Master System, revitalizing Taoism and restoring its glory! "Ding..."

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