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Tokyo Exorcist Diary 东京除灵日记
Japanese-style light novel + not overpowered + slice of life + healing + a touch of the supernatural + Taoist arts + alchemy Hoshino Gen transmigrates, with a younger sister and a house, while both parents are always busy. His busy parents are loaded, and his younger sister is even a hugely popular idol. Without a doubt, Hoshino Gen has won at life. But then... A swordsman stands watch, sword in hand, for hundreds of years in a dilapidated dojo beneath the evening sun... In a warm and healing ga
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- 2 Tokyo: My Youth Has No Set Formula 东京：我的青春没有固定公式 [Light Novel + Everyday Youth + Battles + Romance + System + Slow Burn] Reborn in a parallel version of Neon. The Emotion Value System finally loads after 18 years. It came so late, so what was the point of all the hardships he had endured? Provoke beautiful girls to gain emotion points, set off one wildly imaginative event after another, and work hard to grow stronger. Exorcisms, time travel, saving the world? From someone who had nothing going for him but good looks, to someone for whom being 10.5kReads7.8Score725Shelves
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The Fox Demon Case Files of Xiangshou Town 乡守町狐妖事件簿
Japanese-style light novel + gender-swapped fox spirit + plenty of slice-of-life moments + rural supernatural tales + girl disguised as a boy + perhaps a slow burn + coming-of-age drama After his parents die unexpectedly, ordinary high school student Kanbe Yu has a simple plan for his life: rely on his younger sister and live in peace. Then he inherits his ancestral home in Xiangshou Town and accidentally breaks open a seal that has lain dormant for ages while cleaning the place. An ancient scr
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Surviving as a Demonic Cultivator in Junji Ito’s World 在伊藤润二的世界里当魔修求生
[Now available as a full-cast audiobook. Give it a listen!] Dongfang Xianyun pressed his palms together before the gods, solemnly signing his name and praying to transmigrate into a world of anime. But who could have guessed that the god would roll his eyes and curse at him? “You idiot!” Then, with one kick, the god sent Dongfang Xianyun tumbling into a bizarre world made up of the works of Junji Ito. Before leaving, the god tossed out one last line: “Hey, kid! The world of Junji Ito is anime to
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Tokyo: Slaying Demons and Exorcising Spirits with a Cursed Blade 东京：从妖刀开始斩鬼除灵
[Swordsmanship] [Yin-Yang arts] [Night Parade of a Hundred Demons] [Not a saintly protagonist] Amamiya Ren transmigrated to an island nation overrun by demons, where from the start he was the good-for-nothing heir of the Amamiya Dojo. Fortunately, there was still a way forward: he awakened a strange demon blade. Burning his lifespan could increase his strength. Slaying demons could let him steal their lifespan. Swordsmanship, shikigami, Yin-Yang arts, soul blades... Every kind of power in the wo
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- 6 A Witch’s Growth Journal 巫女成长手札 [Coming-of-Age Heroine + Ensemble Cast + Light Mystery] Born with spiritual power, Yuki Rengong was forced to live apart from her parents from the moment she was born, growing up beside her maternal grandmother, the chief priestess of a shrine in the Nara countryside. When she turned fifteen, her grandmother suddenly passed away, and Yuki was forced to return to her parents. Taking the name Yuki Ibara, she began adjusting to the bustling, unfamiliar city of Tokyo. At first, she struggled to adap 913Reads—Score128Shelves
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A Deity Like Me Would Never Be This Down on Her Luck! 神明大人才不会这么落魄啊！
[Japanese-style supernatural light novel] [Dual heroines] [Loli?] [Mostly lighthearted and funny... with a little angst?] I’m a god! That’s right!! A god! Sure, I’m a god, but I’m even poorer than the God of Poverty... The shrine is falling apart, and all I have at home is a useless shrine maiden. Why does the god have to work so hard to support her? Get out there and earn your keep hunting evil spirits! My rise to godhood is only just beginning! Eri: Come see the god! No tricks, no small print!
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- 8 In Tokyo, I Become a Swordsmanship God 人在东京，剑道成神 Tags: [Light Novel] [Has a Heroine] [Low-Key Daily Life] [Unlimited Swordsmanship] [Comedy] My name is Muzi Liuyun. I soul-transmigrated to Tokyo. My parents are both dead, and I have a younger sister at home. She’s sweet and adorable, a first-year high school student, and sits by the window. I’m the king of the world. I have a sword that can slay demons and monsters, and even gods! If you cross me, I don’t care who you are. You’re as good as dead! I thought I’d stay invincible forever, but as t 1.8kReads6.2Score120Shelves
- 9 Loli Loli Loli! 萝萝萝莉莉莉！ 591Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 10 The Japanese Shrine Maiden Will One Day Walk the Path to Godhood 东瀛巫女终将踏上神祇之路 After transmigrating to an alternate-world Japan, she turned into a shrine maiden. Hoshino Rin had hoped for a leisurely life, but soon discovered that this world was not so simple. The occult had never gone away. The supernatural was right beside her. Spend money, and you can get stronger. With the eerie forces drawing ever closer and the System bearing down on her, Hoshino Rin had no choice but to spend her way to power. 526Reads6.7Score104Shelves
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Transmigrated to 1981: Am I Kayako's Desk Mate? 穿越1981，我是伽椰子同桌？
[Non-Fanfiction] + [Light Novel] + [Original Fantasy] + [Supernatural] When Luo You wakes up, she discovers that she has become a Japanese college freshman in 1981. After a traffic accident kept her away for a month, Luo You finally returns to school and activates a System that rewards her whenever she raises someone's affection for her. But the target's name sounds strangely familiar. Something like “Kawamata Kayako.”
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- 12 The Demons of Tokyo Never Cry 东京妖魔不会流泪 [Romantic Slice of Life] [Multiple Heroines] [Status Panel] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Mystery Elements] This is Tokyo, an international metropolis. Behind its glittering prosperity, on nights when countless people fall asleep, human fears intertwine and gather in the dark side of the city, forming a world of calamity. It is called the Underworld: skeletons rise like mountains, bones spread like forests, and a boundless sea of blood churns forever. “Kurusu Akira, male.” “A 19-year-old boy wi 512Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 13 A Tokyo Onmyoji's Everyday Spirit Exorcisms 东京阴阳师的除灵日常 [Light Novel + Slow Burn + One Heroine + Everyday School Life + Light System Elements + Yokai] Shenzaki Yuya always thought his high school years would be a monotonous cycle of studying and peaceful everyday life. That changed the day a man-eating yokai nearly killed him, awakening a System called Onmyoji at the brink of death. Summon shikigami, slay demons and banish evil. So urban legends are real after all? He thought he was the only unusual one at school, but it turned out that the aloof gir 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 My Strange Quirks Can’t Possibly Be This Cute 我的怪异不可能这么萌 [A touch of Japanese light-novel style, no harem, slow-paced, spirit exorcism, school life, everyday moments] Bai Jing, who comes from a family of spirit exorcists, ends up living in a notorious “haunted” apartment near an elite academy through a twist of fate, all to save on the exorbitant rent. She thought the worst part would be the shabby surroundings, but she unexpectedly gets “bound” to a ghost who’s been living there all along. She can’t shake her off or drive her away. And so, an unexpec 2.6kReads7.4Score472Shelves
- 15 Tokyo: The System Insists My Neighbor's Wife Is an Evil Spirit! 东京，系统硬说邻居太太是恶灵！ [Comedy + Light Supernatural + Tokyo] Chu Yun obtains an “Exorcism System,” but the System labels his neighbor an evil spirit and orders him to exorcise her. And that’s not all: a runaway girl, an heiress drowning in debt, an underground idol, a girl seeking a place to stay, a cool older woman... The System sees them all as powerful evil spirits of different kinds! Luckily, he earns rewards by freeing evil spirits from their obsessions! 3.2kReads7.1Score434Shelves
- 16 Reborn as a Master Exorcist in Neon City 重生之我在霓虹成为除灵大师 [Supernatural] [Daily life] [Exorcism] [Monsters] Hinata Makoto, once an office drone, transmigrated to a parallel version of Japan. He thought he could use his past life's knowledge to become a successful writer and build a glorious future. But on his eighteenth birthday, he learned that his family had passed down a secret art for catching ghosts. He set himself a new goal: become a master ghost hunter! 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Once a Monster, Always a Monster 你一天是诡异，一辈子都是诡异 (This description doesn't do it justice, so read the story. Mieruko-chan + A Silent Voice + Parasyte + Junji Ito, plus a collection of tales from the world of farming, Hell Girl, and all kinds of strange and terrifying stories. Multiple female leads.) In this world, there is Miko Yotsuya from Mieruko-chan, Shoko Nishimiya from A Silent Voice, and Ai Enma from Hell Girl, but there are even more bizarre and terrifying events! Wangquan Yichen transmigrates into this world in the most humiliating wa 2.5kReads7.0Score149Shelves
- 18 Tokyo: A Sword-Fighting Girl's Daily Life Exorcising Spirits 东京：剑道少女的除灵日常 [Haunted restroom explosions] [Turning pale] [Urban legends] [Supernatural] [Everyday life] In an era when the way of the sword has died, there are bizarre spirits and uncanny urban legends. Since losing the protection of national fortune, Japan has seen evil spirits flourish and righteousness decline, with all kinds of supernatural incidents cropping up one after another... Minami Chiori rescued a girl ostracized for her yin-yang eyes. She had originally planned to trick her into becoming a stu 1.1kReads8.7Score102Shelves
- 19 Miss Detective Would Never Fall for a Killer Who Uses Sword-Draw Techniques 侦探小姐不会爱上拔刀术杀人鬼 [One heroine + romance + Tokyo + light supernatural powers + everyday life + light System] Shen Zhao was born into a parallel Tokyo and finally awakened the All Evils Dispelled System at twenty. He learned that the city was slowly awakening, and assumed that espers and evil spirits would be his greatest enemies, until the System's priorities began to go off course... “Evil still abounds. Why not have the knife-wielding detective fall in love?” Shen Zhao: “You say my destined one is a detective? 33Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 20 From the Start, I Caught a Little Monster Girl and Put Her to Work! 开局抓住雌小鬼妖怪来打黑工！ Japanese light novel style + not overpowered + slow-paced daily life + slow burn + redemption + a touch of the supernatural + a touch of running a business (Some anime characters make cameo appearances) I'm in Tokyo, a high school student, and I've inherited a cafe. By day, it's an ordinary cafe. At night, it serves yokai customers. A bratty shikigami crow tengu, three talking maneki-neko, a shadow-eater that can turn itself into cleaning tools... A whole crowd of yokai make their appearances on 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Paranormal Has Arrived, and My Girlfriend Is a Super Evil God 诡异来临，我的女友是超级邪神
[Leveling Up + Cthulhu Mythos] After transmigrating to Tokyo in a parallel world, Lin Taiyu found himself under immense pressure. He had an extraordinarily beautiful girlfriend at home, but only Lin Taiyu could see her. She was always testing him in various ways to find out whether he could see her. A woman named Mary kept calling Lin Taiyu to say she was coming to chop him up. Even when he didn’t answer, his phone picked up automatically. A woman eight feet tall often knocked on Lin Taiyu’s win
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- 22 Anime Crossover: A Cultivator's Everyday Life in the World of Anime 综漫：修士的二次元日常 The Matchmaker looked at the tangled mess of red threads. "Avoiding things is shameful, but it works. Cupid, let's go." A cultivator's leisurely daily life while waiting for Feilai Peak to appear [Chuunibyou] [My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU] [Gabriel DropOut] [Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend] [Other works, including original characters] 2.3kReads6.2Score167Shelves
- 23 Anime Crossover: There's Definitely Something Wrong with My Life in the Two-Dimensional World 综漫：我的二次元生活绝对有问题 (Multiple heroines) (Smart characters) (Picks up in the later arcs) (Not first person) (Becomes a power fantasy later on) (Don't read if you're impatient) Currently featuring: [Rule Horror] [Classroom of the Elite] [Oregairu] [Anime Crossover] [The Quintessential Quintuplets] [Kaguya-sama: Love Is War] [Bocchi the Rock!] [More to come if that's not enough!] [The rating will go up] The first 13 chapters may have some issues, but it gets much better after that. Bai Yuze was an ordinary student fro 861Reads7.5Score103Shelves
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Everyday Life as a Student in Tokyo, Except I Hunt Demons 东京留学日常，但是讨鬼
(Female protagonist, daily life, supernatural, restaurant exploration, recommendations, crossover anime, crossover films, very slow-paced…) (Featuring so far: Bocchi the Rock!, The Girl Who Can See Them, Ave Mujica, MyGO, Sadako) When Miss Lin arrives in Japan with dreams in her heart, ready to begin a delightful study-abroad life filled with hot springs and cherry blossoms Just six months later, a devastating call from home drags her back to reality and leaves her with nothing. Just as she gri
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Special Operations Bureau 特事行动科
One thousand three hundred and ninety years ago, under the emperor’s direction, human adepts gained control of the “Void” and used it to create the “Wall,” which separated the real world from the anomalous one. After more than six centuries of effort by adepts from various schools, the anomalous remnants in the real world were finally purged, leaving humanity with a world of its own. Anomalous creatures became demons, ghosts, gods, and monsters in tales of the strange. As time passed, the adepts
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My Tokyo Exorcism Tales Are Definitely Problematic 我的东京除灵物语果然有问题
Lin Ye transmigrates to Tokyo and, from the start, runs into a vengeful spirit out to kill him. All he has to defend himself is a broken stick he picked up. Only when lightning bursts forth does he realize the truth: this is a fragment of a Chinese Thunder God's weapon, and Tokyo is a living hell crawling with supernatural tales. Urban legends manifest as spirits, and fear nourishes vicious vengeful ghosts. Yet he wields the lightning rod, slaying monsters and becoming a god, as thunder sweeps a
1.6kReads5.9Score144Shelves
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Ghost Ship in the Deep Sea: Witness to the Dead's Obsessions 深海幽灵邮轮：我见证死者的执念
Even kind ghosts can lie, and evil humans can be worse than demons. A luxury cruise ship that vanished without a trace more than twenty years ago drifts across an otherworldly sea, cut off from the rest of the world. Aboard are pitiful ghosts who cannot let go of the people they loved, and evil spirits willing to descend into darkness in pursuit of eternal life. Travel between the world of the living and the ghost ship, fulfill the dead’s final wishes, and search for a missing father. Disappeara
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Tokyo: All My Tenants Are Bizarre Girls 东京：我的房客全是怪异少女
[Multiple heroines, a whole lot of them]+ [Unconventional romance]+ [Everyone's a character, Mei Yi is a poet]+ [A love polygon where people really could die]+ [Light System, light supernatural combat]+ [Light comedy]+ [Shen He is paying close attention] [Kagura Manor Apartments: Rooms for Rent] Welcome to Kagura Manor in Shimokitazawa. Here, you'll meet the following friendly tenants: Your childhood friend, a wealthy heiress who's actually a vampire! “After all this time, there's no way I'l
1.2kReads8.5Score117Shelves
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Tokyo: I Added Stats, So How Did I Become a Succubus? 东京：加点，怎么成魅魔了？
[Campus] + [System] + [Daily Life] + [Multiple Heroines] + [A Touch of the Supernatural] The memories of his previous life suddenly awaken, and the weight of harsh reality falls squarely on Chiba Kiyosawa’s shoulders. His parents are gone, his younger sister is in poor health, his studies are a mess, and his family is buried under a huge debt. A mountain of problems lies before him. Luckily, the Stat-Boosting System arrives and even gives him an exclusive item: the Mirror of Exploration. Af
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I Hunt Evil Spirits on the Streets of Tokyo 我在东京街头捉厉鬼
After transmigrating into a parallel world, I find Kayako emerging from a haunted house, Sadako crawling out of a well, the Slit-Mouthed Woman wandering an old alley, and Tomie walking through a school with a human-head balloon in hand. Vengeful spirits crawl out of Tales of the Unusual, and there are deadly ghost calls… My name is Su Ye. I’m sitting atop Mount Fuji, looking down over Tokyo, where evil spirits run rampant.
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- 31 I’m Filming The Ring and Invited Sadako to Play Herself 我拍午夜凶铃，邀请贞子本色出演 [Filmmaking + raising female ghosts + comedy + supernatural + entertainment + wish fulfillment + Uncle Jiu + one female lead, Sadako] What’s it like to make a horror movie and cast the genre’s classic characters to play themselves? Sadako, Kayako, Chu Renmei, the Pen Fairy, Tomie, Nie Xiaoqian, Jason, Freddy, the Slit-Mouthed Woman, Hachishaku-sama, Hanako, Mimiko, Mary Shaw, Auntie Fu Sang, Alice... Lin Miao transmigrated to a parallel world where horror movies were in decline. He gained the Ve 923Reads8.9Score148Shelves
- 32 From the Start: Watching the Sadako Tape at Kayako's House 开局：在伽椰子家里看贞子录像带 Waking up in the home of Kayako, the famous haunted house, resting my head on Tomie's lap, watching Sadako's videotape. Children dare not sleep beneath the night sky, strange figures stagger through the city, hideous creatures lurk in dark corners, waiting for a chance to strike, hunched figures wander through graveyards in search of rotten food, the Great Ones sleep in the depths of the shadowy sea, the exiled search the starry sky for a way home. Raccoon City, Elm Street, vengeful ghosts, evil 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 My Days Hunting Ghosts in Japan 我在日本捉鬼的日子 My name is Lin Changfeng. I’m a direct descendant of the Daoist demon-hunting sect. To protect love and peace in the human world, I came to Japan and became a miserable demon hunter. “Lin-san, your rent is due~” 66Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 34 Livestreaming: I Hunt Female Ghosts in Tokyo 直播之我在东京抓女鬼 “An unbelievable thought crossed my mind. Could it be? Trembling, I forced myself to calm down, opened the camera on my phone, pointed it at my deathly pale cheek, and pressed the shutter.” “After a flash, the room grew quiet again. Only my heart was pounding at an astonishing 120 beats per minute. Shaking, I opened the photo...” “In the picture was a face twisted with sheer terror. Behind his shoulder hung a figure dressed in red, suspended in midair with a noose around its neck. Its ghastly pa 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Tokyo: Learning to Slay Demons with the God of Matchmaking 东京：带着缘结神大人学斩妖 [Tokyo + Light Novel + Daily Life + Ensemble Cast + Battles + Romance + Onmyoji + Demon Slaying] Monsters and evil spirits are gradually converging into a world of calamity: a Tokyo that exists only at night. Meanwhile, an overworked office drone, trapped in the nine-to-nine grind, finally collapsed one night while revising copy. When she opened her eyes, there was no pile of copywriting documents in front of her, just a pink ceiling... Had she transmigrated? And into the body of a two-dimension 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Transmigrating to Tokyo: The JK Shinigami Chronicles 穿越东京：JK死神异闻录 After an accident, a young man from China becomes a high school girl in a parallel-world Tokyo. What comes with him is a Shinigami System that can devour emotions from all over the world. Fear, shock, awe, panic... Whenever emotions surge, they can be turned into power. He can use emotion points to unlock the full powers of the Shinigami, Quincy, and Fullbringer, and even grant abilities and items to others at will. To survive, and to live a life unlike any other, he chooses to set off one major 4.2kReads5.8Score526Shelves
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I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事
[Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment.
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- 38 Folk Tales: One Chapter, One Horror Story 民间怪谈一章一个恐怖故事 [Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun. 26.1kReads7.5Score1.2kShelves
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To Keep Them from Falling to Evil, I Have to Win Over the Evil Spirits! 为了防止恶堕，只好攻略恶灵！
[Tokyo + harem + light supernatural elements + wild imagination] 8,000 words a day! Plenty to read, so please leave a good review! Lin Ye, an international student in Japan, got a knockoff System that identified his landlady as an evil spirit! As he investigated further, Lin Ye gradually uncovered her inner struggles and saved her in time from falling into evil. But then he discovered that there were even more evil spirits among the Japanese girls around him...
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- 40 I Just Arrived in a Crossover World, and the Horror Park Picked Me 刚到综漫，被惊悚乐园选中 Transmigrated into a slice-of-life world where all kinds of anime collide. Become a plagiarist? Coast through life? Or study hard? Just as Shirai was wondering how to reach the pinnacle of life, the terrifying Horror Park suddenly descended. Across the whole world, people were randomly selected and pulled into the Horror Park, where they had to fight to survive. As the players who entered the park wept over the low-level gear and items they'd gotten from their beginner packs, Shirai stared blank 932Reads7.3Score112Shelves
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Tokyo: Heavenly Master, Please Come Down the Mountain 东京：天师请出山
Zhang Yunling was bewildered when Longhu Mountain sent him to study in Japan with nothing but a plane ticket. Broke and with no other options, he took up the work of a Taoist: slaying demons and vanquishing evil. But little by little, he realized he was getting more and more entangled in danger. A shrine maiden from the Grand Shrine wouldn't leave him alone, begging him to teach her how to summon gods; An onmyoji clan wanted him to stay and father an heir; Even the great yokai were constantly lu
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My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年
Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin
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The Daoist's Notebook 道门笔记
On a rainy night in Suzhou, a night watchman comes across a barefoot, waterlogged corpse. Its face is blue, its fangs bared, and beneath the black chrysanthemum mark between its brows, something writhes under the flesh, making the skin bulge in terrifying waves. The Thunder Talisman from Longhu Mountain has barely warmed in his hands when the corpse vanishes, leaving only a sickly-sweet black mist curling around an old Daoist at the street corner. Hong Ying, a Miao woman, watches her golden sil
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The Socially Anxious Shrine Maiden Gets Rich with the Help of Yokai 社恐巫女靠妖怪完成致富
Xia Yuan inherits the remote village’s Ginkgo Shrine as its young shrine maiden. She suffers from severe social anxiety and is afraid of interacting or talking with people. The shrine’s worshippers have dwindled, and money is tight. Volume Two: The Shrine Maiden Arc begins, with a touch of horror, as she starts exorcising evil spirits.
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