Looking for Stories Where the Protagonist Is a Ghost Constable and Supernatural Tales Descend, Without Office Politics Among Colleagues 主角是鬼差，怪谈降临，不要同事间勾心斗角的。

1. 1 谁 Who Dragged the Underworld's Soul Reaper into a Horror Instance? 谁把地府勾魂使拉进诡异副本的？ Shen Zhou Crosses the River沈舟渡川Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [Creepy Dungeons] [Comedy] [Power Fantasy] [Global Livestream] As medical care improves, the human mortality rate has dropped significantly. This has caused the Underworld’s Soul-Reaping Bureau’s performance to decline year after year, driving the soul reapers into a vicious rat race for better numbers. Lin Feng is an utterly ordinary soul reaper with no power or connections. To meet his KPI, he can only work overtime like crazy, yet he still comes in last every month. Then one day, he’s une 57.3kReads8.3Score4.9kShelves

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   The male protagonist is a ghost messenger, with the worst performance record in the underworld. He accidentally gains the ability to travel back and forth between bizarre game worlds, and starts catching monsters in these worlds to boost his performance!

2. 2 地 Hell's Top Salesman: I Entered a Horror Game to Catch Ghosts! 地府销冠，我进惊悚游戏抓鬼！ Dugu Qiudao独孤秋刀Mystery404k WordsCompleted [Invincible] + [Feel-Good Fiction] + [Urban] + [Supernatural] “Mr. Wang Teng, how have you managed to hold on to the title of champion ghost hunter for a hundred years straight? Is there some secret?” “I hear you've been nominated as one of the Underworld's Ten Outstanding Youths. Is there anything you'd like to say?” “Mr. Wang Teng, I'm a fan of yours. Across the vast Underworld, no one can match your achievements. Could I have your autograph?” Horror descended, and one treacherous instance 5.8kReads8.8Score626Shelves

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   This one is a lighthearted, enjoyable read.

3. 3 我 After I Became a Reaper, the Whole Internet Broke Down in Tears 我成为鬼差后，全网泪崩了 First Love Under the Moon OvO月下初恋OvOUrban237k WordsCompleted Lin Du, an overworked office drone who died suddenly, somehow became a grim reaper in the underworld after his death, and was forcibly bound to a livestream System. On his first assignment, at the scene of a fire in an elementary school, he carried a soul-guiding lantern and led away the spirits of twelve children. The whole internet saw his face. The livestream chat went from mockery to silence, and then millions broke down in tears: “So death isn’t the end. Being forgotten is.” The little boy 577Reads—Score102Shelves

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   After dying from overwork, I became a ghost messenger in the underworld, and was even bound to a live-streaming system. My first mission was at a primary school fire scene. I carried a soul-guiding lantern to take away the children's souls, and the entire internet saw my appearance. The live stream went from mockery to silence, and finally, tens of millions of people broke down in tears: "So death isn't the end, forgetting is." This is a story about farewell and healing—when your loved one leaves, the whole world says goodbye on their behalf.

4. 4 我 I Am Xie Bi'an, Ghost Constable 我乃鬼差谢必安 Mu Yang Chen Kong慕阳辰空Mystery187k WordsOngoing Between yin and yang, life and death alternate, and every story must eventually end. I am Xie Bi'an, one of the Black and White Impermanence from traditional Chinese mythology, the White Impermanence. Though perhaps I’m not quite so traditional. One year, one month, one day, one thing... 14Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 规 Rule Horror: I’m Bai Wuchang, and I’m Slaughtering My Way Through the Dungeons 规则怪谈：我白无常在副本杀疯了 Ultraman Qiao Mei奥特乔妹Mystery230k WordsCompleted [Horror / National Fortune / Livestream / System / Deduction / No Heroine / Infinite Flow] A world of urban legends descends, and half of Earth’s population is forcibly chosen to become NPCs in its game instances. To rescue them, those selected as players must represent their countries and enter the instances. Clear a game, and you receive generous rewards. Fail, and the entire country is punished. But Bai Ge, chosen by the world of urban legends as a player, wasn’t having it: “Is this a bug? Yo 579Reads—Score101Shelves

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6. 6 我 I'm the Son of Heaven in the Underworld, and You Want Me to Enter a Horror Game? 我一地府天子你让我进诡怪游戏？ Fire with Peaches有桃的火Mystery301k WordsCompleted [Underworld Dreamscape] [Mythical Supernatural Powers] [Supernatural Games] [Item Skills] [Urban Legends] [Imaginative Mystery] Ox-Head and Horse-Face, Black and White Impermanence. Yama and Ghost Emperors, Ksitigarbha and Fengdu. You can call me whatever you like, but I prefer being called the Yin Emperor. Solemn and upright Yin Emperor, Lord Yue, overseer of reincarnation. “My name is Xu Tu, and I work for the Underworld. Which department is your supernatural game from?” “Monsters, demons 80Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 七 I Became a Ghost Officer at Seven, and Now the Supernatural Has Arrived? 七岁刚成鬼差，诡异就降临了？ Invincible Little Fire Dragon of the Eight Wilds八荒无敌小火龙Mystery372k WordsOngoing (Supernatural horrors + horror + ghost officers + dungeon instances + teammates + showing off and face-slapping + invincible protagonist + pets + little ones) The supernatural horrors will descend in three months. Seven-year-old Chu Ge wants to gain power to protect his family and his country, so, encouraged by his supernatural companions, he becomes a junior ghost officer. Since he’s just a little one, the ghost officers are willing to bring him along, but little Chu Ge has to catch ghosts on h 431Reads9.0Score100Shelves
8. 8 刚 I Just Became King of Hell, and Now a Supernatural World Is Descending? 刚成阎王，诡异世界就降临？ Big Pear Cat大梨猫Mystery130k WordsOngoing Qin Feng was worked to death by his vicious boss! After death, his soul went to hell, where he became a grim reaper. But he never expected to be exploited by a fake King of Hell even there! Damn it! I was exploited before I died, and I’m still being exploited after death. Did I die for nothing? Qin Feng immediately rose up in revolt! Are kings and nobles born to rule? Qin Feng led a million oppressed ghost soldiers straight to the Palace of Hell! He killed the fake King of Hell with his own hand 57Reads6.6Score—Shelves
9. 9 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
10. 10 直 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.1kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
11. 11 恐 Horror Revival: I Am Bai Wuchang 恐怖复苏：我是白无常 Have Three Taels First先喝三两Mystery787k WordsCompleted Reborn into a world overrun by horror, a female ghost is scratching at the floor beneath the bed. Without a System, Su Yi is panicking. Ding! Congratulations, you've awakened the Underworld Judge System. Rewards: a mourning staff, a judge's robe, and a soul-catching chain. No more hiding it. I'm White Impermanence, and I'm coming clean. A little ghost girl sobbed, “This is so unfair! You beat me up, fine, but then you made me wear a cute little girl's outfit and sweep the floor!” The hanging gho 1.1kReads7.8Score107Shelves
12. 12 鬼 Grim Reaper: I Played the Pen Fairy at Midnight and Became the Black Impermanence 鬼差：半夜玩笔仙，我成了黑无常 Ran Mao冉猫Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted mystery + play the pig to eat the tiger + Black and White Impermanence + forced to take the job] [Whether there will be romance is undecided] With no parents or family, Gu Munan died a tragic death beneath an apartment building after angering the spirit of a pen fairy. She had let go of the pen too soon while playing the game, making the pen fairy sister come all the way for nothing. Rather than be reincarnated into a life of hardship, she clung to the Judge and begged him to save 39Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 恐 Horror Descends: From the Start, I Awaken the Black-and-White Impermanence Immortal 恐怖降临，开局觉醒黑白无常仙 Left Eye左目Urban232k WordsCompleted Jiang Nan transmigrates to another parallel world, only to find terror descending. A rift to hell opens, unleashing hordes of monsters and ghosts. As his companion ghost spirit awakens, his System binds to him as well. Ding! Congratulations, Host, on awakening the twin ghost spirits, Black and White Impermanence! Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Yiyang Finger technique. Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Lightfoot technique. Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the s 31Reads7.2Score—Shelves
14. 14 鬼 Ghost Constable! A Night of a Hundred Ghosts from the Start 鬼差！开局碰上百鬼夜行 Top-Tier Troublemaker混子天花板Mystery307k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy, a sly protagonist, no System, decisive and ruthless, not a self-sacrificing saint, and deadpan lies] The first thing you do after getting a steady job is cut down your ghostly sweetheart! You could say we've got a pretty secure job, though it is a little hard on us. I hear some zombie named Sadako wants to challenge the Great Sage. What a nutcase. Boss Yan's ordered a crackdown on wandering ghosts tonight. So you're the so-called Sadako, huh? I hear you've been acting prett 463Reads7.0Score—Shelves
15. 15 开 Black Impermanence from the Start: I'm the Craziest in the Age of Ghosts 开局黑无常，鬼怪时代我最狂 How Can Flowing Feathers Stay Pure流羽怎自清Mystery123k WordsOngoing [A comedy] [No arguing!] On his eighteenth birthday, Zhang Ran transmigrated. In a world overrun by ghosts, everyone lived in fear! But Zhang Ran summoned Black Impermanence from the start and steamrolled his way through Convenience Store No. 444. “Your convenience store? No! It’s mine!” Zhang Ran grinned. For ghosts, life and death were anyone’s guess! Ghost King: “I can’t remember exactly what happened that day. I only remember he had a lot of ghosts…” Ghost Emperor: “He said that if I obeyed, —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 兼 After Taking a Part-Time Job as a Soul Reaper, He Brings Home a Taotie for a Husband 兼职无常后，他拐个饕餮当老公 Xiao Hei篠黑Two Male Leads569k WordsCompleted After praying to Buddha and asking for a protective charm at a temple, Ji Feng actually starts seeing ghosts!? He was just trying to do the right thing on his way home when he suddenly realizes the bloodied person being pinned down and hacked at by a murderer is the very woman who had thrown herself at him at the mouth of the alley to beg for help! Ji Feng's hair stands on end. Just as the murderer is about to finish him off, a hand suddenly reaches out from behind him! He snatches the knife bar 720Reads9.1Score167Shelves
17. 17 诡 Eerie Revival: From the Start, I Became a Netherworld Lord 诡异复苏：开局成为地府大佬 Wandering Potato流浪的土豆Urban581k WordsCompleted [Eerie Revival] [Urban] [Gods] After the Red Moon appeared, strange events erupted all over the world, and humanity began living in fear every day. Genetic coding and human augmentation projects gave people the power to fight back. Gu Qingming, whose name means “clear and bright,” unexpectedly transmigrates into this world on Tomb-Sweeping Day. He gains a God-Making System, and the stage is set for his grand debut... 1.4kReads6.7Score117Shelves
18. 18 不 An Impermanence Who Doesn't Want to Be King of Hell Isn't a Good Yin Soldier! 不想做阎王的无常，不是好阴兵！ Meat Pie馅饼Eastern Fantasy176k WordsCompleted The story follows the journey of a little ghost as he rises through the ranks to become the Yin Son of Heaven. It offers a detailed account of the stages of power progression and the adventures that carry him steadily upward. —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 惊 Horror Descends: I Serve as the Underworld’s Reaper Among the Living 惊悚降临，我在人间当无常 Yu He虞鶴Mystery304k WordsOngoing [Horror game + trainee underworld constable + ghost hunting + livestreaming + face-slapping and trashing scumbags + fake and real heiresses] Shen Wantang, who spent her whole life hunting ghosts, transmigrates into another world. A mother who died young, a philandering father, and a daughter who was kidnapped. A blind-to-the-truth older brother, a mistress who moves in, and a scheming green tea. To top it all off, she wakes up to a hellish start: Black Impermanence is about to drag her soul away 5Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 白 Lying Around at the Hospital by Day, Moonlighting as a Soul Reaper by Night 白天医院躺尸，晚上无常兼职 Mr. A FoxA狐狸先生Two Male Leads476k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + supernatural + ghost hunting + healing, sweet romance + Black and White Impermanence + fast-paced] A cute, slow-to-react Black Impermanence bottom x a charming, doting, smiling-tiger White Impermanence top Shen An got into a car accident. He thought he was about to say goodbye to this world, but just before he died, a handsome man asked if he wanted to become an Impermanence. Dazed by the man's beauty, he agreed without thinking. Little did he know that this would set him on t 415Reads8.8Score102Shelves
21. 21 我 I, Lady Pingxin, Rule Over Ten Thousand Ghosts 我，平心娘娘，统御万鬼 7 Warm Southern Branches7南枝向暖Ancient Romance113k WordsOngoing Lu Zheng died. Lu Zheng transmigrated. Lu Zheng died again. Reborn, Lu Zheng enters the netherworld and becomes a newly appointed underworld constable, awakening the strongest Soul-Reaping Banner System! Capturing souls earns evolution points, solving cases increases his cultivation, and humiliating provocateurs is an easy way to gain experience! Others muddle through life in a daze, eking out an existence by capturing one soul a day; She goes all out against the odds, capturing ten souls a day, 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There's no backstabbing, just leveling up by defeating monsters.

22. 22 恐 Horror Revival: The More I Die, the Stronger I Get 恐怖复苏：我越死越强 A Little Like Eas, But Not Much有点易斯但不多Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror resurgence + sunny boy + supernatural + System] As the supernatural returns and vengeful ghosts run rampant, one utterly out-of-place figure blends in among them. [Absorbing ghost energy: 1%... 65%... 100%] [Ghost energy absorption complete] [Commanded the Silent Ghost, gained ability: Domain of Silence] [Commanded the Sick Ghost, gained abilities: Black Death Aura, Ghost Sickness, Coughing] [Commanded the Ghost Who Died Falling, gained ability: Imbalance] [Commanded Ghostfire, gained ab 4.8kReads7.3Score483Shelves

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    What to do when business is dismal? The protagonist is ruthless and decisive. A great book you can't miss.

23. 23 诡 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 Young Master Yanque燕雀大公子Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 43.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
24. 24 幸 My Luck Is Off the Charts, and the Horror Game Is Panicking! 幸运值爆棚，惊悚游戏慌了！ Big Qiuqiu大秋秋Mystery486k WordsCompleted [Horror Game + Comedy] What does it feel like to be ridiculously lucky? Wen Liang was pulled into a horror game, becoming one of countless players. While everyone else was still figuring out how to survive, his sights were already set on stirring up trouble. A poker game where the highest hand wins? Sorry, I’m going all in! The Dark Forest is in chaos? I’ll just spread the light of the hammer and sickle across the land! Liu Xiu once defeated an entire army with a meteor shower. But have you ever 973Reads7.5Score123Shelves

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25. 25 我 I Traded Seven Lives with the Gods 我与神明一换七 Isn't It My Turn Now?该轮到我了吧Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [A protagonist who grows over time, slow burn, plot-driven, passionate, not mindless, not invincible, no System] No one knew that every year, there were actually two kinds of exam papers at the college entrance exams. The first kind was visible to everyone. Most people couldn’t see the second. If you did well on the first, you could be selected for a happy life, becoming a social elite like a doctor or lawyer and marrying a refined, accomplished wife. You could live happily ever after. You could 3kReads8.7Score253Shelves
26. 26 惊 Horror Livestream: Don’t Make Me Fight Back in Style 惊悚直播：别逼我花式反杀 Two Shadows Over Qingxun双影照清浔Two Male Leads669k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + infinite-flow + supernatural horror + absurd comedy + happy ending] Before he died, Qiao Yu had a boyfriend. Their love was so tumultuous and famous that everyone knew about it, the kind of love that would endure even if the mountains crumbled and heaven and earth were no more. They made it through the seven-year itch. Just as they were about to meet the parents and head down the aisle, his boyfriend suddenly vanished without a trace! Literally vanished: no sign of him alive or 13.1kReads9.5Score2.2kShelves
27. 27 我 I Died Fighting Evil, So Why Are You Crying? 我为惩奸除恶而死，你们哭什么？ Huang Boshu黄搏曙Mystery923k WordsCompleted [The entire story has been revised. Things have changed, and I don't recommend reading it. Wishing you all a happy life and a joyful family.] When equality is ignored, freedom trampled, and the spirit of fraternity lost. When faced with twisted, hideous beasts who commit heinous crimes, what choice will you make? Send them to prison to be reformed and given a new lease on life? Or send them to hell? The sun may shine brilliantly. But it cannot reach every corner of this world. Only darkness can 838Reads8.3Score—Shelves
28. 28 惊 A Horror Invasion? Aren’t They All My Minions? 惊悚入侵？这不全是我小弟吗 What's the Deal?怎么事儿Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror world + underlings + goofy comedy + hilarious + powerful big shot] (The Horror World wishes you an early death and a quick rebirth. If you don't die, you'll go crazy.) You might not believe this, but while everyone else was struggling desperately in the Horror World, trying to find a sliver of hope for survival, I had already taken control of every shady deal in the Horror World. The Horror World's supernatural alliance. "I'm reporting Chen Qishi by my real name!" Chen Qi, seated at the 101.7kReads9.2Score9.4kShelves
29. 29 国 National Fate Ghost Stories: The Horror Isn't Violent Enough 国运怪谈：害怕诡异不够暴力 Sweet Tea甘茶Mystery746k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Absurd Humor + Invincible + Comedy + National Fate + Reckless Tough Guy + Analects-Based Fighting + Meme-Filled] National Fate horror stories descend upon Blue Star, and Tang Gang becomes the Dragon Kingdom's third chosen one. While everyone else struggles to survive in the world of horror, he has already begun his rise to becoming the big boss of that world. The ghost from the household: “On the first night, he said, ‘If it's too hard to deal with, then don't deal with it,’ and fl 31.5kReads8.7Score4.5kShelves
30. 30 克 The Cthulhu World: My Days at the Clinic 克苏鲁世界：我在那开诊所的日子 Qianzi Zhi浅子稚Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Cthulhu + no System + another world + no female lead + guess who the protagonist is] (This is a slow-burn, fan-oriented work, and the author's writing is average.) ↑ The above is a disclaimer. Lin Ke is summoned as an ordinary zombie. He inherits an old-timer's clinic and works conscientiously, always treating his patients with warmth. He has a little octopus by his side that lives in his shadow day in, day out. But for some reason, certain patients grow more and more respectful toward him, giv 845Reads7.0Score106Shelves
31. 31 怪 The Urban Legend Lost Its Memory, So Now Things Get Interesting 怪谈失忆了，那就有得玩了 Getting Up Early Isn't Goji Berries早起不是枸杞Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted [Audiobook narrated by a human voice now available] Rule Horror + Delusional Misinterpretation + Two Male Leads + Protagonist in the Dominant Role Rule Horror descended upon the world. Just as humanity breathed a sigh of relief at finally gaining the power to resist it, the Rule Horror game played a cruel joke on them: an S-rank Rule Horror was about to descend on Earth. It seemed Rule Horror had no intention of letting humanity survive. Just as everyone prepared to face death without flinching, 16kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
32. 32 退 The Retired Judge Goes on a Rampage in Horror Games 退休判官在惊悚游戏杀疯了 Chu Jiujiu楚九九Mystery856k WordsOngoing [No heroine, no romance, infinite instances + invincible from the start + urban supernatural + helping ghosts get revenge + occasional livestreaming] Retired Judge Lu Yi is dragged into the Grievance-Quelling System. He’s rehired for overtime as soon as he retires, and he’s more resentful than a ghost! . The female ghost says in a hollow voice, “You can’t leave unless you help me fulfill my wish...” Lu Yi grabs her head and swings her around like a meteor hammer! Lu Yi: “Are you coming with me 826Reads9.0Score104Shelves
33. 33 惊 Thriller Game: I’m Really Not a Ghost 惊悚游戏：我真的不是鬼 Old Wang, Cola Lover可乐爱好者老王Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Horror + Livestreaming + Doomsday] The world has ended, and Earth is shrouded in mist, no longer fit for human habitation. At the same time, a horror game descended upon Earth. Every nightfall marked the start of the game! Only those chosen by the horror game had a chance to escape Earth! But... Only those who survived the horror game could escape Earth! After Wu Suowei was lucky enough to bind a survival System... Wu Suowei: “So I don't just look scary to people, I scare ghosts too?” Hanging G 986Reads8.7Score102Shelves
34. 34 诡EN Anomaly Containment Facility, You're Containing Me, a Human? 诡异收容所，你收容我一个人类？ Yi Chen逸臣Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove 52.2kReads9.2Score5kShelves
35. 35 梦 Nightmare Game: This Hunter Is Way Too Terrifying 梦魇游戏：这个狩猎者也太吓人了 Armed Swimming Across the River of Forgetfulness忘川河里武装泅渡Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing [1v4 Mode + Horror Worlds + Fusion with Dangerous Personalities + No Female Lead (Though if there has to be one, it's the Evil God Cthulhu)] The mysterious online game Midnight Nightmare was released. Players could enter horror worlds and tackle dungeons, or choose between the Hunter and Runner factions for an asymmetric 1v4 showdown. Ling Yichuan awakened the Character Template Fusion System. From then on, he fused with one terrifying boss after another, becoming the nightmare of every player! 1.6kReads9.4Score189Shelves
36. 36 诡 The Bizarre Pawnbroker: Everything I Pawn Is Mythical 诡异典当师：我的当品皆为神话 Shan Qingxue山青雪Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Long, long ago, in a blood-and-flesh alley filled with terrifying monsters, there lived an “ordinary” boy. After Ji Mo was picked up by a long-legged, mature monster called the White Bone Corpse Demon, he became an apprentice pawnbroker. But one day, the pawnshop’s proprietor, the long-legged, mature White Bone Corpse Demon, disappeared. “I know everything the proprietor knows, and even what she doesn’t. Why can’t I be the proprietor?” said the ordinary boy. But in this terrifying, dark world, h 517Reads8.9Score105Shelves
37. 37 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, My Self-Introduction Terrifies the Audience 惊悚游戏：开局自我展示吓坏观众 The Fat Cat Who Wants to Lose Weight想减肥的胖猫Mystery109k WordsCompleted [Goofy Comedy + Overpowered Power Fantasy + A Little Horror] Horror games descend upon Blue Star, randomly selecting people to enter the game. Everyone can watch, and each player can choose to put on a self-introduction to receive a game-exclusive mission. Xia Chi is selected to enter the horror game, and his body undergoes all sorts of changes. During the self-introduction segment, he says, “I don't have much to show you, so I'll just take my head off.” With that, Xia Chi cheerfully removes his 58Reads7.2Score—Shelves
38. 38 可 Criminally Good! This Underworld Doctor Is Way Too Brutal and Low-Key! 可刑！这位冥医过分凶狠且低调！ Sweet Sweet Sweet Stories甜甜甜故事Urban298k WordsCompleted [Global Superpowers + Spiritual Qi Revival + No System + Two-Faced Protagonist + Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger + Intelligent Cast + Decisive and Ruthless + Comedy] Lin Chujiu transmigrates to a continent of superpowered beings, becoming the only doctor who treats ghostly entities there. By day, he appears reserved and harmless, just an ordinary clerk at the Bureau of the Strange. But at night, he puts on a bird-shaped mask, transforms into the Phantom Doctor Blackfeather, and becomes the e 813Reads9.0Score100Shelves
39. 39 铃 The Bell Pavilion 铃铛阁 Zi Fan Hang Nan梓帆航楠Urban249k WordsCompleted An operation unexpectedly opened my yin-yang eyes. The string of uncanny encounters that followed completely overturned everything I thought I knew. The Four Yin Marshals of the Underworld, Zhong Kui, and the Ten Yama Kings all made their appearances. In the end, I uncovered the mystery of my own origins. I never imagined that in my previous life, I had been... 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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40. 40 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Ghost-catching and Immortal Cultivation Novels

41. 41 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
42. 42 我 I’m Really Not a Yin Messenger 我真不是阴差啊 July, Jiangcheng's Most Devoted Lover江城第一深情七月Mystery190k WordsOngoing Lin Xiao found a glowing contract and, on a whim, signed it. The next day, an app appeared on his phone: [Underworld Grassroots Civil Servant (Temporary) Law Enforcement Assistance System]. From then on, his life became a balancing act: By day, he was a corporate drone; by night, he worked as a temp for the Underworld. His salary was ghost money, his KPI was capturing souls, and his benefits included priority reincarnation. When faced with a vengeful ghost, he pulled out a handbook on the Core S —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I wonder if anyone likes this?

43. 43 厉 Vengeful Ghosts Are Unstoppable? Watch Me Beat This in 30 Seconds! 厉鬼复苏无解？看我30秒速通！ Weight-Loss Theorist减肥理论家Mystery978k WordsOngoing [Simulator / Perfectly Mastering Evil Spirits] [Save the World in 30 Seconds] [Mysterious Revival (some settings referenced, not fanfiction)] [Wild Imagination] [Developing Evil Spirits] [Stepping on Your Own Feet to Reach the Sky] When Ji Jie learned that the world was about to be destroyed, all he wanted was to find a way to survive in the simulations. But as he mastered more and more evil spirits, the supernatural forces he accumulated began reaching into the past and future. He realized that 25.3kReads7.2Score3.3kShelves
44. 44 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 821Reads—Score109Shelves

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    🐾 "Horror Folklore [The Imposter Master Shakes the Hundred Demons]" An infinite flow + horror folklore + light comedy + survival + single female lead + episodic + packed with exciting moments! No writer's block! Worth reading! Strong story independence! Almost as good as the completed series🐾🕸️

45. 45 诡 Uncovering Strange Mysteries and Finding a Way Out 诡事探秘逢生 Beichen Liu北辰流Mystery187k WordsOngoing In Lichong City, four childhood friends who grew up together were enlightened by a Taoist priest when they were young, and each possesses a supernatural ability. After Yang Zhuang got into an online argument, the four were drawn into a supernatural incident at an abandoned hospital in the neighboring city of Huidong. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Four childhood friends, all skilled in Taoist magic, bravely venture into an abandoned hospital, vanquishing demons and ghosts to uncover a shocking secret! With their Yin-Yang eyes and the Five Ghosts Formation, watch how they survive against all odds and embark on a new journey!! 😠 [Already hooked!]

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