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1. 1 下 After Work, I Somehow Got Sucked Into a Book of Strange Tales 下班后我竟被吸入聊斋这本书了 Doesn't Like Tangerines, Even While Eating Them吃橘不爱橘Xianxia1.0M WordsOngoing After working overtime, office worker Su Ci came home and casually opened an old book, only to be sucked into the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Here, the Ancestor of Writing created characters and ushered in civilization; Peng Zu founded the path of cultivation and laid its foundations; and the Daoist Venerable, the Confucian Sage, and the Buddha each attained sainthood in turn, ruling the human world for a thousand years apiece. Now the saints are gone, humanity is in decline, a 194Reads5.2Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist is dull and frustrated in the early stage, but explodes in the middle and late stages.

2. 2 无 The Carefree Teahouse (Complete in Two Volumes) 无忧茶馆（全二册） Tan Yimu谭以牧Eastern Fantasy391k WordsCompleted A richly atmospheric, fantastical and romantic tale where the fates of humans and demons converge amid the bustle of everyday life. Rumors of demons often emerge from the Wuyou Teahouse by the Qutan River in Wuyou City, Zhaoguo. People say that after nightfall, mournful sobs and whispered conversations drift out of the teahouse. As a result, business is poor and it barely stays afloat. Five hundred years ago, Gao He unwittingly made a wager with the demon-hunting sorcerer Qiu Guan. Ever since, 825Reads9.0Score191Shelves
3. 3 神 The Record of Strange Demons in the Divine Capital 神都异妖录 Xiao Lou小楼Anime Fanfiction190k WordsCompleted A giant fish with neither head nor tail appears in the waters of West Lake in Qiantang. A ghostly, wicked serpent emerges amid the bustling streets of Baoding Prefecture. Palace maids carrying lanterns vanish mysteriously from the imperial city, while a bronze mirror in a bedroom in Gusu City speaks... Terrifying, astonishing, eerie, and uncanny, a mysterious power is awakening. A band of young people, each bearing a secret order, come together to stake everything on one final battle. Yet their 16Reads7.4Score—Shelves
4. 4 往 Strange Tales from the Afterlife Inn 往生客栈异闻录 A Trace Within Reach咫尺之痕Ancient Romance973k WordsCompleted There’s an inn in Huai’an City whose owner, Meng Qianxun, is unbelievably lazy. Guests who stay there don’t need to pay in silver. They only have to tell a story at night. Meng Qianxun is used to lying beneath the peach tree in the backyard, the one that never blooms. People gather around the campfire, set a pot to simmer over it, and trade stories they’ve heard, tales of ghosts and strange happenings, of ordinary life in this mortal world. She prided herself on having seen through the ways of t 86Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 狐 The Fox Lantern Chronicles 狐灯记 The Other Shore, Leaves Yet to Fall彼岸叶未Mystery166k WordsCompleted A long-sealed fox lantern and a mysterious spirit register bind the fates of Yun Shu, a celebrated opera performer, and Yun Sheng, the keeper of the register. A wicked spirit suddenly appears at a Tianjin opera house, while a demon shadow in the mirror wreaks havoc among the living. The two join forces to uncover the truth, only to discover that it is tied to a fate stretching back three hundred years. The painted-skin demon ancestor is about to awaken, and amid the flames of war, Japanese onmy —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Book of Hundred Demons, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio series, 3 recommended books

6. 6 百 The Hundred Demons: Winds Rise in Luoyang 百妖谱之风起洛阳 Daylight Island白昼岛Ancient Romance249k WordsCompleted Tao Yao, Young Master Liu, Moya, Gungun, and the others enter Luoyang in search of the missing Book of a Hundred Demons. Along the way, they encounter a mysterious woman who is the book’s incarnation and become entangled in her grander scheme: refining the “Human Canal” to connect with another world~ 176Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 百 The Hundred-Demon Restorer 百妖修复师 Daylight Island白昼岛Anime Fanfiction256k WordsCompleted Yun Yi, junior fellow disciple to the spirit healer Tao Yao, couldn't master the art of medicine, so he forged his own path and became an “object-spirit restorer.” He can hear the memories and emotions lingering in objects. He repairs more than cracks: he restores long-buried pasts. When the Hundred Demons Register is accidentally damaged, the records of countless demon spirits teeter on the brink of disappearing, and the balance of the three realms hangs by a thread. Armed with an unremarkable 8Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 从 From a Stone Demon in Liaozhai to Immortal Enlightenment 从聊斋石妖开始得道成仙 Drink More Hot Water, Eat Less Spicy Food多喝热水少吃辣Eastern Fantasy386k WordsCompleted A mortal transmigrates to the world of Liaozhai and becomes the stone spirit Su Jielang. It has been over ten thousand years since the Investiture of the Gods and several thousand since Journey to the West. The ranks of gods and immortals in Heaven and Earth are already claimed. Watch as a stone spirit cultivates the Dao, avoids calamities and prolongs his life, tempers his heart amid the mortal world, and ultimately attains immortality and enlightenment. 506Reads5.2Score—Shelves

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   It's kind of like one plot after another, which is very enjoyable to watch.

9. 9 7 Bureau 747: The Paranormal Incident Investigation Unit 747局之妖怪事件处理科 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Urban770k WordsCompleted Do you really know the colleagues around you? What about your classmates and family? The person you've lived with for years, the one you know best, might not even be human! In this world, humans and demons coexist. Demons can live among you in all sorts of ways. “They” might be the man selling jianbing on the street, or they might be your boss! If a top special forces soldier hadn't awakened his family's bloodline in a panic while carrying out a highly classified special mission, and then joined 553Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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   Do you know the colleagues around you? Do you know your classmates and relatives? Maybe, the person you are most familiar with who has lived with you for many years may not be a human! In this world, humans and demons coexist! Demons will live around you in various ways! 'They' may be the pie filling uncle, or they may be your boss! If it weren't for an ace special forces soldier who awakened his family bloodline in a panic while performing a special and extremely confidential mission, and then joined the national special organization, I'm afraid all this would not have been known to the world...

10. 10 特 Special Affairs Bureau, Division Nine: The Nanhai Monster Uprising 特殊事物处理九科之南海妖乱 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Mystery540k WordsCompleted Do you really know the friends around you? The coworkers around you? Your own family? Do you~ know this world? Maybe the people you know, the ones you've met and fallen in love with, aren't human at all~~~ They're demons~! If it weren't for one extraordinary mission, none of this would ever have come to light. And if it weren't for the people who silently stood guard, the Jiuying Sect might already have severed the dragon veins and destroyed our nation's fortune of ten thousand years... 126Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 北 Tales of the Netherworld in the Northern Song Dynasty [Book 3] 北宋幽冥录【第3部】 The Little Taoist Nun of the Great Song大宋小道姑Fantastical Romance190k WordsCompleted One scroll of Along the River During the Qingming Festival, filled with the dreams of Bianjing in the Eastern Capital. In Bianjing, the Eastern Capital of the Great Song, at the Li trigram of the Qian Kun Bagua in Jieshen Lane, stands the Qiyun Tower. Within it are a gentle, warm-hearted proprietor, a charming and dainty maid, and a handsome, steady bookkeeper, along with three visitors from the mortal realm who came from the ancient Kunlun Mountains. Why did they come? The seven emotions and si 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I strongly recommend this book "The Record of the Netherworld of the Northern Song Dynasty". It is based on detailed historical research of the Song Dynasty and delicate description of the local customs and customs. Through a series of independent and connected stories of strange and strange units, it builds a narrative world that connects the world and the netherworld, blends historical facts and metaphysical thoughts, and weaves a magnificent Ukiyo-e of the Northern Song Dynasty. Opening the book seems to unfold a three-dimensional picture of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", with the prosperity and mystery of Tokyo Menghua flowing between the lines...

12. 12 北 Chronicles of the Northern Song’s Underworld, Part 2 北宋幽冥录【第2部】 The Little Taoist Nun of the Great Song大宋小道姑Ancient Romance173k WordsCompleted A scroll of Along the River During the Qingming Festival, every page filled with the splendor of Tokyo in its golden age. In Great Song’s Tokyo, at the Bagua trigram of Li in Jieshen Alley, stands the Qiyun Tower. Inside are a warm and gentle proprietress, a charming and delicate maid, and a handsome, composed bookkeeper. The three are visitors to the mortal world, come from the ancient Kunlun Mountains. Why have they come? The seven emotions and six desires, the affairs of heart and body, the t 201Reads—Score100Shelves
13. 13 长 Chang’an Moon, Frost-Colored 长安月如霜 Honey-Sweet White Tea Cat蜜糖白茶猫Fantastical Romance222k WordsCompleted [Fox Demon ♥ Rabbit Demon]|Love and hate|Everyone's favorite|Late Tang supernatural mysteries|Suspense and horror|Battles between good and evil Foxfire lights the long night; frost falls upon Chang'an. In the waning years of the Tang dynasty, the world is in turmoil and demons run rampant. Monsters lurk in the alleys, harming people. A solitary lamp flickers in the dead of night; ghostly shadows drift through deserted lanes, and eerie cries ring out. Beneath the bustle of human life lie count 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Demons and monsters...

14. 14 只 I Can Only Fight Monsters, and That Lets Me Cultivate? What Is This, Liaozhai? 只会打怪，就能修仙？什么聊斋！ Beast Excavator猛兽挖掘机Mystery398k WordsCompleted From the start, he accidentally eats a dragon's egg, gets chased by the dragon, and stumbles into the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Kill the monsters, keep the pretty spirits! Then he discovers that killing ghosts and monsters lets him gain their abilities! Magical treasures, cultivation techniques, buried riches? Wait, can he also score treasures and techniques by taking in spirits? Any way of recruiting them works~ 93Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Catching ghosts, subduing demons, cultivating immortals and upgrading in Liaozhai

15. 15 聊 Strange Tales from Liaozhai 聊斋奇谭 Bai Ze白泽Eastern Fantasy653k WordsCompleted Pu Liuxian's greatest wish was once to explore the world's most wondrous and mysterious places and phenomena. Then one day, he found himself in a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. Here there were immortals, demons, ghosts, and monsters. At first, he traveled everywhere in search of the world's ghost stories, hoping to make a fortune from them. Later, he met more people and more ghosts, and glimpsed hidden truths about the world through his own stories. It turned out that the ghost realm was 142Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    This book is really scary and a little funny, so good to read👍👍👍

16. 16 纸 The Paper Servant Girl: I Extend the Young Master's Life at a Haunted Shop 纸扎丫鬟：我在诡铺替少爷续命 Xi Xi Meow茜茜喵Mystery187k WordsOngoing [Alternate Republican-era setting + regretful pursuit of a wife + powerful man lowering his head + mutually devoted couple] [Unhinged occult master x beloved concubine] [stand-in x stealing another man’s wife] [Mystery and crime-solving + occult elements + ghost hunting and demon slaying + Chinese-style horror] He sauntered over and sat down beside me. “Second Young Master, he still hasn’t given me a divorce letter. I’m still a married woman.” His large, knuckle-defined hand gripped the girl’s c —Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Meets requirements, recommended

17. 17 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [Campus Opening] [Wild Imagination] [Feng Shui Mysticism] [Paranormal Mysteries] [Huxian, Huangxian, Baixian, Liuxian, and Huixian (Spirit Mediums)] [Bureau 749] [Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism, and Legalism] [Gu Poison Duels] [Qimen Dunjia] [Mohist Mechanisms] [Lu Ban Crafts] [Reincarnated Living Buddha]! Pitched as Marvel's Avengers and DC's Justice League Cultivate a body of righteousness to uphold heaven and earth, and keep a touch of bandit spirit to cow the wicked. Nurture a chival 2.5kReads8.3Score337Shelves

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    Recommend a cool article, a Feng Shui supernatural novel "The Strongest Architectural Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site", which integrates Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Feng Shui fighting methods, historical time travel, reincarnation, magic, science fiction, Feng Shui supernatural, Lu Ban Shu, Mohist organ skills, Gu magic, and corpse exorcism. It writes about Feng Shui supernatural things from the perspective of architecture students and construction engineers. It is being serialized on Tomato Novel Network

18. 18 画 Demon Painter 画妖师 Shu Mu姝沐Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I wield a brush that can shape creation, astonish heaven and earth, move ghosts and gods to tears, slay demons, and paint the past and present. I use the human heart to tell truth from falsehood, and my brush to seal away demons. I am a “Demon Painter”! 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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19. 19 纂 Chronicles of Demon-Slaying 纂妖录 Brave Xia Luopi勇武的夏洛皮Eastern Fantasy501k WordsOngoing (A traditional gods-and-demons novel, no harem, no System, no leveling up by fighting monsters, set in the world of Journey to the West) In the fifteenth year of the Kaihuang era of the Sui dynasty, the realm had only just been brought under control, and demons ran rampant. A monster slaughtered Liuyecun in Jiangzhou, leaving the young Jiang Ping as the sole survivor. By chance, he learned a few Taoist arts and vowed to find the culprit and take revenge, joining the imperial Demon Suppression Bu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 百 The Hundred Demons Scroll 百妖卷 Mu·Xi木·兮Eastern Fantasy197k WordsCompleted "It's just a pity I still owe you a drink, sir!" Strange things abound in the misty rain of Jiangnan. One sword breaks through evil to reveal all living beings. The scholar Li Baiyu, clad in blue, travels through Jiangnan. In a torrential downpour, he encounters a mysterious old man in white, uncovering a long-buried secret from five hundred years ago, when a flood dragon transformed into a true dragon. At Ninghai Town, a child-sacrifice ritual and a blood-filled coffin appear. A "mountain god" 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 望 Ancient Mythology: The White Snake Incident Files 望古神话之白蛇疾闻录 Ma Boyong马伯庸Eastern Fantasy216k WordsCompleted According to ancient legend, a white snake came into being in response to the tides of fortune. The Red Emperor Liu Bang slew it, cutting it in two: one female, one male. The male snake was imprisoned beneath Lin'an City by the Son of Heaven to prevent it from reviving and harming the people. After a thousand years of cultivation, the female snake finally took human form and named herself Bai Suzhen. After many twists and turns, she married the mortal Xu Xian… A thousand years after the snake w 142Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 百 Record of a Hundred Strange Demons 百妖异闻录 A Single Flower花一朵哟Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted She is a lively, cunning spirit mage with great skill and a kind heart. He is a stunningly handsome wandering swordsman, steady on the surface but mischievous underneath. Together, whether they are catching ghosts or subduing demons, each does things their own way. He says, “In this life, I’ll spoil only you…” 35Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 百 The Hundred Demons of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 百妖山海录 Floating Jade Tower浮玉楼Ancient Romance180k WordsCompleted (Tsundere schemer + warm ray of sunshine + demon hunting + xuanhuan cultivation) The Hundred Demons of Mountains and Seas: Shen Yulou lost her parents as a child and was raised by an old man who claimed to be a demon hunter. Carrying an ancient bell, she descends the mountain intending to slay demons, only to stumble upon a shocking secret buried for twenty years. The lotus mark between her brows begins to glow red. With each petal stained in blood, the core of a seventh-rank great demon dissolv 32Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 往 The Rebirth Tavern: Spirit Collection 往生酒馆，灵篇 Summer Has Trees, Qiao Mu夏有乔木丶Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted [One short story per chapter] This is the Tavern of Rebirth. One cup of Forget-Me-Not Wine, one tale from a past life. There is a Moon God who blooms for a hundred years, yet withers alone. And a Mountain God who has lived for a thousand years, only to fall in a single day. Perhaps there is also the silver-spear youth, dashing and proud, who never returns from the battlefield. Or perhaps the love between a human and a fox is simply too much for one heart to bear. Amid all the turmoil lie the cou 1.6kReads9.3Score265Shelves
25. 25 山 Tales of Strange Beings from the Mountains and Seas 山海异闻录 Jiu Jiu酒九Ancient Romance68k WordsCompleted With a brushstroke and a sheet of paper, she writes of the meetings and partings of the Three Realms; across a lifetime, she witnesses all the joys and sorrows of the living. Jun Chishu is a book-writing demon who dreams of writing a remarkable Record of Interviews with Ancient Demon Gods. So she bids farewell to her friend Jiaolong and leaves her homeland. Along the way, she meets legendary demon gods with distinctive personalities, including the Nine-Headed Serpent, Taotie, Xingtian, Minshan, 364Reads9.3Score103Shelves
26. 26 长 Song of the Long Night 长夜幻歌 Many Many多多Eastern Fantasy236k WordsCompleted Exorcists make life-and-death pacts with demons using their own blood, offering part of their bodies as vessels for the demons to inhabit. They are powerful, able to command demons with all kinds of abilities to fight for them. They are long-lived, untouched by the passage of time and forever young. But they must always guard against demonic possession, and endure loneliness to keep their fellow exorcists from coveting them. The handsome young Ye Changge is one of them. Known by the alias “Old M 59Reads9.0Score—Shelves
27. 27 冰 Ice and Snow Phantom 冰雪鬼魅 The Truth Is Simple真相很简单Historical489k WordsCompleted China's version of Frozen. When you have nowhere to turn, come read this novel. In the final years of the Ming, amid ice and snow, the candidate Wang Guan accidentally wanders into a strange temple. There he meets mysterious spirits, setting off a chain of events that cannot be stopped, and becomes a key figure in one clash between humans and ghosts after another. Enjoy the cartoonish style, the strange world of gods and ghosts, and the bitterness of fate, as the gentle narration invites you to 9Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 妖 Demon Things (Complete in Two Volumes) 妖物（全两册） Ju Hua Sanli橘花散里Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted Yue Tong, a cat demon, and William, a dog demon: one is aloof, proud, and awkward, while the other is loyal, gentle, and lovesick. A twist of fate brings them together in business, collecting human souls and years of life in exchange for granting wishes. One person would rather give up a young, beautiful body than miss the chance to become a rich man's wife; another is willing to sacrifice their soul just to ensure their childhood sweetheart lives to a hundred; someone else will give up twenty y 93Reads9.4Score110Shelves
29. 29 雪 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 Guo Xiaotang郭筱棠Mystery836k WordsOngoing A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A collection of short supernatural stories and ghost stories! There is also an alien story in it! Lots of zombie drought stories! Ghost story!

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